Film industry figures are calling for health and safety to be made a priority to avoid any more lives being put at risk, the BBC…
New analysis by the Health Foundation reveals that 3.7 million people (12% of the working age population) are currently in work…
The Transport Committee has welcomed the Government’s positive response to its calls for new legislation for self-driving…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride have unveiled their Back to Work Plan – a package…
New IOSH President Stuart Hughes is calling on the profession to challenge itself to develop new ways of tackling the…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today published its annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries,…
Recent decisions from the Court of Appeal demonstrate how the courts view poor audit reports, the failure to heed warnings, and…
The legal duty of companies to keep both workers and members of the public safe has been highlighted by a recent case in which a…
A health and safety inspector has found cladding lying on residents’ balconies at a Liverpool apartment block, posing a serious…
Health and safety at work is a serious business; getting it wrong could end up costing someone their life. It stands to reason…
A “much needed” new online learning tool designed to prevent work-related stress has been launched by the HSE. Businesses are…
You may not realise it but there’s no legal duty on an employer to carry out an investigation into an incident in the workplace.…
Data breaches can range from simply sending an email to the wrong recipient to a business-crippling systems hack. However, say…
Occupational road safety does not start and stop on the way out of a construction site or as materials leave a depot to be…
This week is International Stress Awareness Week. Running from 30 October to 3 November, this annual event focuses on stress…
Each year, statistics relating to accidents, incidents, fatalities and occupational diseases are published. Organisations want to…
Each year, around 400 women die from mesothelioma caused by asbestos in the UK, yet the majority were not directly exposed to the…
The first King’s Speech in 70 years was delivered on 7 November in Parliament. Those hoping to hear a planned legislative agenda…
Deliveries and collections are essential to business, but can be some of the most dangerous activities you have to deal with. This…
Thousands of cases of irreversible lung diseases, such as silicosis, are reported annually. Caused by exposure to dust at work,…
World Mental Health Day takes place on 10 October, and this year the theme, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is…
