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Stress awareness week focuses on management solutions
This week is International Stress Awareness Week. Running from 30 October to 3 November, this annual event focuses on stress management and campaigning against the...
Published 31 Oct 2023
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Transporting goods: the need for a safe driver, vehicle and load
Occupational road safety does not start and stop on the way out of a construction site or as materials leave a depot to be delivered...
Published 31 Oct 2023
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Ladder safety: urgent government action required?
Latest research commissioned by the Ladder Association has again raised serious concerns that unsafe and potentially dangerous ladders continue to be sold via online platforms...
Published 23 Oct 2023
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RICS releases new guide to make buildings healthier
Built environment organisation RICS has partnered with Ekkist, the UK’s first health and wellbeing consultancy for the built environment, to launch a new guide to...
Published 23 Oct 2023
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Homeworking: a pressing need for DSE assessments
While the flexibility of working from home has its perks, it has led to a surge in back-related issues among workers. This, says Ben Holt,...
Published 23 Oct 2023
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COVID-19 in the workplace: an update
Cases of COVID-19 in the UK are rising once more, with ‘Pirola’ set to become the dominant variant. Pam Loch, Solicitor and Managing Director of...
Published 23 Oct 2023
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Panic attacks at work: how to support employees
A panic attack can be a very upsetting thing to experience. If it happens in the workplace, it can be even more traumatic. Law firm...
Published 18 Oct 2023
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RIDDOR: is a road accident reportable?
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) introduced the requirement for employers, and other people in control of work premises, to...
Published 17 Oct 2023
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Managing human error for a safe workplace
Everyone can make errors no matter how well trained and motivated they are. However, in the workplace, the consequences of such human failure can be...
Published 17 Oct 2023
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68% of workers do not feel safe in their workplace
Nearly a quarter of remote workers would quit before returning to a risky worksite....
Published 19 Jan 2021
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Anxiety is on the increase, but mental health support is lacking
Sixty-eight percent of employees have felt anxious and apprehensive about returning to work, while 35% report their mental health is worse now compared to before...
Published 23 Sept 2020
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Workplace first aid kits: what should be in them?
The contents of your workplace first aid kit should be guided by your first aid needs assessment. This should take into account the level of...
Published 16 Jan 2019
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Walking from bed to desk is commuting, German court rules
A German worker who had an accident while walking from his bed to his computer when he was working from home was officially commuting, a...
Published 2 Mar 2022
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Asbestos in schools: an inspector calls
The HSE will be carrying out a programme of inspections of primary and secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales from October 2023 onwards to...
Published 25 Sept 2023
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‘Ethical veganism’ now a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010
A judge in a UK Employment Tribunal has ruled that being vegan, for ethical reasons, amounts to a ‘philosophical belief’ and is therefore protected by...
Published 8 Jan 2020
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