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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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New online learning tool helps businesses address work-related stress
A “much needed” new online learning tool designed to prevent work-related stress has been launched by the HSE. Businesses are encouraged to sign up to...
Published 9 Nov 2023
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RISK
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Health and safety: what is competence?
Health and safety at work is a serious business; getting it wrong could end up costing someone their life. It stands to reason that there...
Published 8 Nov 2023
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Investigating accidents and near-misses: why it’s crucial
You may not realise it but there’s no legal duty on an employer to carry out an investigation into an incident in the workplace. But,...
Published 1 Nov 2023
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DATA PROTECTION
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Data breaches: your best chance of survival
Data breaches: your best chance of survival...
Published 1 Nov 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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
NEWS
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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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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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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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
The King's speech July 2024: implications for employers
Published 23 Jul 2024
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RISK
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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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
NEWS
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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RISK
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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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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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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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