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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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Landmark Environment Bill sets out vision for a greener future
The natural environment will be better protected for generations to come with the introduction of a “landmark, far-reaching” Environment Bill introduced on 30 January....
Published 5 Feb 2020
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Gig workers have rights to fulfil their ambitions
Gig workers should have the right to develop their skills and fulfil their ambitions, but many feel they are stuck in a rut, a new...
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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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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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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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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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