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Lower income threshold to secure skills, Government advised
The income threshold below which a person cannot move to the UK for work should be reduced from the government’s recommended £30,000 to £25,600, the...
Published 5 Feb 2020
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Coronavirus: IOSH guidance on protecting travelling employees
In response to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has issued guidance on some key actions that organisations can...
Published 5 Feb 2020
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Brexit: health and safety during the transition period
The UK has now left the EU. A transition period is in place while the EU and UK negotiate new arrangements for a trade deal,...
Published 5 Feb 2020
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Airline company sentenced for unsafe operation of a passenger lift
Flybe Ltd has been fined after an investigation into a worker falling into a lift shaft at Exeter Airport uncovered health and safety failings....
Published 4 Feb 2020
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Employer sentenced for failing to implement safe working practices for the removal of asbestos
An employer has been sentenced for failing to reduce the exposure and spread of asbestos when demolishing a large pig shed....
Published 31 Jan 2020
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Sustainability strategies more successful when managers believe in them
New research from Cass Business School has found that business sustainability strategies can succeed alongside mainstream competitive strategies when managers believe in them....
Published 29 Jan 2020
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New measures to improve building safety standards
The slow pace of improving building safety standards will not be tolerated, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has warned, as he announced measures that go further...
Published 29 Jan 2020
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Government offered help in designing new immigration system
The CIPD and some of the UK’s largest business organisations have signed a letter to Rt Hon Priti Patel offering their help in designing a...
Published 29 Jan 2020
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69% of managers’ work will be automated by 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies such as virtual personal assistants and chatbots are rapidly making headway into the workplace. By 2024, Gartner, Inc. predicts...
Published 29 Jan 2020
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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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