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Link between financial wellbeing and mental health strengthens
Almost a quarter of the UK’s largest listed employers have improved their performance on workplace mental health overall in the past year, and almost half now recognise the link between financial wellbeing and the mental health of their employees, according to the second annual CCLA Corporate Mental Health Benchmark- UK 100, published this month.
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Crystal ball gazing – H&S in 2024 and beyond
In its most recent Annual Report, titled Protecting People and Places, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) set out the five key objectives that will...
Published 6 Feb 2024
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Respiratory diseases: current developments
The annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries for 2022/23 show 12,000 people die each year from lung diseases linked to exposure to...
Published 1 Feb 2024
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The power of apprenticeships
In today's rapidly evolving job market, the importance of apprenticeships cannot be overstated. Apprenticeships serve as a bridge between education and employment, offering a unique...
Published 31 Jan 2024
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Older workers: is your workplace fit to accommodate them?
Demographic changes mean that there are many more older age workers in Britain than prior to the 2020s. The number of people aged 65 and...
Published 30 Jan 2024
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Health and safety: defending vicarious liability claims
Vicarious liability can be a formidable challenge for employers, causing responsibility to extend beyond the individual and creating shared accountability for employers and employees alike. ...
Published 23 Jan 2024
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Talking to staff about mental health: top tips
On 1 February 2024, the UK will hold the nation’s biggest annual mental health conversation, Time to Talk Day. ...
Published 23 Jan 2024
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Covid decontaminators cause life-changing illness
A company in York, which was employed to decontaminate a hotel where the first cases of Covid in the UK were found, has now been...
Published 23 Jan 2024
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Value added - costing the true benefits of safety
A new tool designed to calculate the value of safety to any organisation could help strengthen the business case for OSH initiatives but also sell...
Published 23 Jan 2024
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Electric vehicles and devices: a need for risk assessment?
There have been several fires reported involving lithium-ion batteries (LiB) as the number of devices containing them increases. But is the problem sufficient to warrant...
Published 17 Jan 2024
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The King's speech July 2024: implications for employers
Published 23 Jul 2024
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Why are there so many slips, trips and falls?
Statistics from across the world indicate that slips and trips are a common problem. Claire Deacon PhD, Health and Safety Trainer with International Workplace, looks...
Published 30 Aug 2023
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Why are falls from height still the highest cause of deaths?
Work at height continues to be the most common cause of fatal injury, according to the HSE’s latest statistics, published on 6 July....
Published 11 Jul 2023
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Who is responsible for safe work on your own home?
A man has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester....
Published 24 Jun 2024
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Water systems at risk of Legionella as heat rises
Employers and premises managers are being warned of the importance of being mindful of the impact hot weather can have on the presence of Legionella...
Published 13 Jun 2023
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Women need to be recognised in workplace health and safety, says report
Men and women’s different working conditions and treatment by society can affect the risks both genders face at work, as well as how to assess...
Published 23 Jan 2020
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Training: employers need to think like employees!
Employers and employees don’t see eye-to-eye on the definition of meaningful training, and it’s creating a predicament for L&D. That’s the finding of a new...
Published 6 Jun 2023
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