Maternity Rights at Work – Everything You Need to Know
Tuesday, 02 April 2019
Becoming a mum is an exciting and life-changing experience. From the moment that expectant mothers return to work with the good news, they are afforded certain protections, known as maternity rights, that are designed to protect their health and wellbeing as they continue to work throughout their term. Indeed advances in medicine, coupled with growing
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March News Roundup
Friday, 29 March 2019
Food Manufacturing Company Fined £1.8 Million After Two Workers Fall From Height A Yorkshire based food manufacturer has been sentenced today for health and safety failures in a 2016 incident in which two workers suffered serious injuries after falling through a rooflight during routine roof maintenance. The investigation, led by the Health and Safety Executive
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EssentialSkillz Launches Mental Health Awareness Course
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
‘Mental Health Awareness’ is the first entry in a series of wellbeing courses currently in development. EssentialSkillz today announced the launch of a new course designed to highlight mental health awareness in the workplace. The course also serves as the first entry in a new Wellbeing Pack that is currently being developed by the company
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Are You Ready for ISO 45001?
Tuesday, 05 March 2019
After five years of international debate about the meaning of “worker”, “participation”, “leadership” and “interested parties” ISO 45001, the international standard for occupational health and safety (OH&S) management, was finally published in March 2018. The uptake of the new standard has been slower than expected, with ISO 45001 auditing organisations admitting that requests for accreditation
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What is Adult Safeguarding?
Monday, 04 March 2019
Everyone deserves to live a life that is free from neglect, abuse or exploitation. Used throughout the UK and in many countries worldwide, safeguarding is a system of policies and procedures that are designed to reduce, and ideally, prevent harm to vulnerable individuals. Although the term is often used to refer to a wide
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7 Reasons Why Health and Safety Training is Important
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
It seems that whenever we talk about workplace safety today, cries of “it’s health and safety gone mad!” aren’t far behind. From outlawing running in the playground to banning flip flops in the office, it’s all too often that discussions on the topic tend to focus on situations where rules are at best outlandish, and
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Preventing Asbestos Exposure (3 Key Steps Employers Need To Take)
Thursday, 21 February 2019
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Asbestos has been banned in the UK since 1999 and across the EU since 2005. However, there is a huge legacy problem of asbestos in existing buildings. Before it was banned, asbestos was widely used for its positive qualities – it has high tensile strength, flexible fibers, it is stable at high temperatures, it
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How to Deal With Stress at Work (21 Stress Busting Tips)
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ No matter how much we love our jobs, the daily grind can sometimes leave us feeling under pressure. But it’s important to know the difference between a bad day in the office and the early warning signs of stress. While we might not be able to control all the things that can cause us
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Health and Safety Fines – What You Need to Know
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Fines for health and safety violations in the UK have risen to record levels in recent years, affecting thousands of organisations across the UK. But who pays them? What are the costs? And how can you avoid them altogether? 2018 was, without a doubt, a landmark year for fines handed down for breaches in health
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What is The Health and Safety at Work Act?
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is arguably one of the most definitive pieces of workplace legislation in the UK. But what does it do? Why is it so important? And who does it apply to? Since the burgeoning days of the industrial revolution health and safety law had played a
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