Covid-19 Continues to Impact the UK Workplace
CIPD report highlights both positive and negative health and wellbeing outcomes 2 years into the pandemic The CIPD’s latest health and wellbeing survey in partnership with Simplyhealth, has been published. We are now more than two years on from the start of the global pandemic, which saw a change in focus with many organisations accelerating their […]
Burnley College Broke Covid Health and Safety Laws
Damning HSE investigation into Covid safety following death of teacher finds that ‘health and safety laws…were broken’ This is the first time an education sector employer has been issued with a formal notice in relation to Covid failings by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The HSE is the government body that is responsible for the regulation […]
Covid-19, health and safety and the rights of employee dismissal
A tribunal has found that an employee was rightly dismissed for refusing to return to work over fear of Covid-19. Covid-19 has highlighted numerous concerns for employers and employees alike, not least around employment rights relating to Covid-19 and health and safety. A recent case has shed more light on how Tribunals may deal with […]
Do Employer Health and Safety Obligations Include Employees’ Commute?
Employer responsibilities are wide-ranging at work, extending to employee journeys to and from the workplace. Employers should be well-informed when it comes to the wellbeing of their staff and know where and when their legal responsibility begins and ends. During the pandemic, the issue of the safety of the commute to work arose, considering the […]
International Workers’ Memorial Day – 28th April 2022
This year’s theme, “Make safe and healthy work a fundamental right” Every working person should know that they have the right to expect that everything is done to keep them safe at work. Every year on April 28th, the International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) commemorates workers who are killed or injured at work. All around […]
The Impact of Safety Culture on a Business’s Bottom Line
It’s in everyone’s interests for business leaders to invest in health and safety and wellbeing, providing the right tools to empower their people, to foster the strong health and safety culture that employees deserve. Employers may be unaware of the impact their safety culture has on their bottom line, and the simple solutions to improve […]
Road Safety Campaign Launched to Highlight Two-Second Rule
In an update to the Highway Code, drivers should allow at least a two-second gap in certain road conditions to prevent dangerous tailgating National Highways have launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of driving too close to the car in front, a factor in around one in eight crashes on England’s […]
Employers Must Support Staff Living with Hearing Loss From Loud Music And Other Noise
The WHO publish a new global standard for sound levels to address the risks to one billion people in danger of losing their hearing. More than one billion people aged 12 to 35 risk losing their hearing because of prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and other recreational sounds, the World Health Organization (WHO) […]
Back to Basics: Creating a Permit to Work
What is a permit to work? A permit to work system is a formal recorded process used to control work that is identified as potentially hazardous. It is also a means of communication between site/installation management, plant supervisors and operators and those who carry out the hazardous work. Unlike a risk assessment, a permit to […]
False Fire Alarms Risk Increasing Complacency
On the return of employees to the workplace, employers fear complacency by employees over fire safety after false fire alarms A recent survey of 250 business owners by fire safety specialists JLA revealed they fear that staff will become complacent and non-reactive to a real fire alarm, because of false fire alarm events. This was […]
