Fire Safety Regulations 2022: a guide

Coming into force on 23 January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 will introduce new duties under the Fire Safety Order for building owners or managers (known as ...

Health and safety - moral, legal and financial reasons

Health and safety is everyone’s responsibility. Managing health and safety is more than that. Responsibility for managing health and safety – your own, and other people whom you...

The risk of legionella - a duty holder's guide

The dangers of legionella bacteria were thrown into the spotlight in 2023 when asylum seekers being housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge had to be rehomed because traces of legio...

Asbestos in the workplace - the duty to manage

Despite the importation, supply and use of asbestos being banned in the UK since 1999, it remains the largest single cause of work-related fatalities, with more than 5,000 death...

Manual handling: a guide for managers

Manual handling is a key health and safety concern in the workplace as almost every organisation will have some form of manual handling activities. Manual handling is responsibl...

The dangers of working at height: a manager’s guide

Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries. Common cases include falls from ladders and through fragile surfaces. The Work at Height Re...

Mental health in the workplace: a manager’s guide

Some 50 years after the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act in the UK, it finally feels as though the mental health and wellbeing of workers is being valued a...

The benefits of incident investigation

Although nobody wants an accident to happen in the workplace, the investigation process can have some benefits, if it’s carried out properly. As well as making the workplace a s...

The benefits of carrying out risk assessment

We all make assessments many times each day about the potential consequences that may arise from our actions. For example, although driving at 85mph on the motorway may make our...

H&S Management Systems - A Guide

A health and safety management system can be utilised to help manage health and safety in an organisation. Most health and safety or environmental management systems are based a...

New guide urges firms to reveal ethnicity pay gap

Companies with more than 250 employees should voluntarily publish their ethnicity pay gap data in the same format as they already do for gender, according to a new guide by the ...

First guide to understanding and enhancing social value published

The BSI has published the first standard addressing the concept of social value.

edie launches best-practice guide for businesses tackling single-use plastics

edie has launched a new report, sponsored by Nestlé, that outlines the steps businesses can and should take to identify, reduce, replace and eliminate single-use plastics from t...

First ever LGBT apprenticeships guide launched

Unionlearn, the learning and skills organisation of the TUC, has launched the first ever lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) inclusive guide to apprenticeships.

BSI publishes updated guidelines on preventing the spread of COVID-19

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published version 2 of its Safe Working Guidelines, designed to help organisations protect people at work from the ongoing coronaviru...

RICS releases new guide to make buildings healthier

Built environment organisation RICS has partnered with Ekkist, the UK’s first health and wellbeing consultancy for the built environment, to launch a new guide to designing, del...

Implementing mental health first aiders - a guide for employers

Practical mental health skills and awareness training are key components for a safe, healthy workplace, says MHFA England.

BSI publishes UK Safe Working Guidelines

BSI, in its role as the UK’s National Standards Body, has published new safe working guidelines to help businesses manage a safe return to work and reoccupation of their facilit...

Working safely in a pandemic – new international guidelines

Recognising the need for guidance on protecting staff while continuing to function effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic, ISO occupational health and safety has produced a ne...

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