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HSE publishes 2024 health and safety statistics

The HSE has published the latest statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain. The annual figures (2023 to 2024) include the following headlines...

Published 26 Nov 2024

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Businesses urged to do more to tackle preventable tragedies

IOSH has warned that thousands of people will continue to die every year from lung cancer caused by workplace exposures if more isn’t done to...

Published 19 Nov 2024

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HSE launches new MSD body mapping tool

The HSE has developed a body mapping tool to help workers report and discuss any musculoskeletal aches or pains that may be caused or made...

Published 18 Nov 2024

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Company fined £900k after legionella risk to residents

A company has been fined following an outbreak of legionella at its sheltered housing accommodation in Birkenhead, putting vulnerable residents at risk of contracting Legionnaires’...

Published 25 Oct 2024

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Businesses urged to provide better menopause support

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has renewed its call on employers to create supportive environments where people feel comfortable discussing menopause. IOSH...

Published 25 Oct 2024

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Urgent action needed to tackle “epidemic” of long working hours, says IOSH

Half the UK’s workers regularly put in two or more additional hours without pay every week – many of them an hour or more a...

Published 30 Sept 2024

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Hidden impact: how managers shape our mental health more than we realise

Hidden impact: how managers shape our mental health more than we realise...

Published 24 Sept 2024

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HSE requests use cases on AI and health and safety

The HSE is launching a new research project to map AI's impact on health and safety across its regulated industries. This will help it...

Published 16 Sept 2024

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Changing the narrative on suicide

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 720,000 people die every year from suicide. That’s around 2,000 a day or 80 every hour. And...

Published 10 Sept 2024

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68% of workers do not feel safe in their workplace

Nearly a quarter of remote workers would quit before returning to a risky worksite....

Published 19 Jan 2021

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Anxiety is on the increase, but mental health support is lacking

Sixty-eight percent of employees have felt anxious and apprehensive about returning to work, while 35% report their mental health is worse now compared to before...

Published 23 Sept 2020

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Workplace first aid kits: what should be in them?

The contents of your workplace first aid kit should be guided by your first aid needs assessment. This should take into account the level of...

Published 16 Jan 2019

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Walking from bed to desk is commuting, German court rules

A German worker who had an accident while walking from his bed to his computer when he was working from home was officially commuting, a...

Published 2 Mar 2022

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Asbestos in schools: an inspector calls

The HSE will be carrying out a programme of inspections of primary and secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales from October 2023 onwards to...

Published 25 Sept 2023

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‘Ethical veganism’ now a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010

A judge in a UK Employment Tribunal has ruled that being vegan, for ethical reasons, amounts to a ‘philosophical belief’ and is therefore protected by...

Published 8 Jan 2020

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