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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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P&O scandal: a “free pass to act with impunity”
The Conservative government has given rogue employers a “free pass to act with impunity” after the P&O Ferries scandal – the TUC has warned, referring...
Published 20 Mar 2023
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Budget: helping people back to work
Parents, over-50s, disabled people and those with long-term health conditions will have opportunities arising from changes announced in the Budget....
Published 20 Mar 2023
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Neurodivergent employees fear discrimination
Significant barriers exist to neurodivergent employees disclosing their neurodivergence to employers, new research from Birkbeck's Research Centre for Neurodiversity at Work has found. ...
Published 20 Mar 2023
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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£42m funding injected into building safety reforms
More than £42 million over the next three years will support the delivery of tough new standards for managing building safety for higher-risk buildings brought...
Published 14 Mar 2023
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Employers overestimate the benefits of hybrid working
Employers and employees have a differing opinion about the health and wellbeing impact of ‘hybrid’ working, according to new research from GRiD....
Published 14 Mar 2023
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Call for all public bodies to be made ‘women-friendly’
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called on the government to begin a ‘wholesale’ review of workplace policies, across government bodies, to ensure they...
Published 14 Mar 2023
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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UK businesses unaware of new environmental standards
Too many UK businesses are largely unaware of new environmental legislation concerning the energy efficiencies of the buildings they own and occupy, according to a...
Published 14 Mar 2023
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Asbestos: younger workers need to know the risk
Millennials, gen Z workers and other younger people who work as plumbers, electricians, and in other trades need to take the risk of asbestos much...
Published 14 Mar 2023
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RISK
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Retained EU Law Bill threatens health and safety
A leading health and safety coalition has issued a call to arms for the government to scrap the arbitrary deadlines of the EU Retained Law...
Published 14 Mar 2023
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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