Occupational health and wellbeing ‘wake-up call’ needed
A professional health and safety body is today (16 September 2013) urging politicians to put greater emphasis on good occupational health and wellbeing.
A professional health and safety body is today (16 September 2013) urging politicians to put greater emphasis on good occupational health and wellbeing.
A professional health and safety body is urging politicians to put greater emphasis on good occupational health and wellbeing.
A Government-commissioned report by business leaders on “EU red tape” is wrong to label health and safety as a threat to small firms, a leading professional body has said.
The world’s largest body for safety professionals has signed a letter of collaboration, to ensure a safety culture prevails in the build-up to the 2015 Southeast Asian Games to be held in Singapore.
“Disappointed” and “concerned” are the words used by a leading professional body in response to plans to deregulate areas of health and safety.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) says it has recognised a new and welcome trend among leading businesses.
A proposed new worldwide safety and health standard is set to move to its next stage of development and is well on target for its intended publication date of October next year.
The rewards that businesses can reap if senior management takes a lead on safety and health are being highlighted through a new training product developed by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Tracey Wright, product manager at IOSH, explains the issues which inspired the creation of ‘Leading safely’.
An international campaign to raise awareness of occupational cancers has directly reached hundreds of thousands of workers in its first year.
With health and safety being pushed to the fore in the drawn out Thomas Cook case, James Jameson, VP product strategy at risk management software platform, Rivo, asks if we are about to see a greater importance being placed on good health and safety practice? And, if so, how can companies avoid the kinds of breaches – and damage caused by such – in light of Thomas Cook’s failings?
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