newsNEW RESEARCH by social enterprise MHFA England, among 2,000 UK employees, ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September, found most employees are still using inappropriate and outdated language to discuss suicide at work.
newsTHE GOVERNMENT is rolling out a life-saving health check programme to workplaces across the country for the first time. More than 130,000 people across the country will be better protected from diseases such as heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes due to these checks.
newsHUNDREDS OF rogue employers across the UK have been targeted by the Home Office during a nationwide weeklong intensive operation into illegal working.
articleAndy Shenstone was appointed chief executive of NEBOSH, the National Examination Board for Occupational Safety and Health, in March 2023. Now, just over a year later, he talks to Health and Safety Matters about his first year in the role and the organisation’s recently launched three-year strategy.
articleIn the second of our new Protect What Matters series, John Barnacle-Bowd explores the importance of companies being able to identify mental health issues in the workplace.
articleGuidance on preventing workplace sexual harassment is changing. Helen Corden looks at employers’ duties.
articleGraham Sharp explains how workplace safety and training is being transformed using wearable technology.
articleIn this month’s extended column, Natalie Sherborne discusses inclusivity in the workplace and what we can do as health and safety practitioners to improve this.
articleThe UK Government has laid out plans to strengthen workers’ rights, something which was music to my ears, says Ruth Wilkinson.
articleWith advances in personal protective equipment (PPE) combined with an increased knowlege of workplace hazards and dangers workers are better protected than ever before. But, it’s not time to rest on a laurels and our annual PPE survey uncovers the thoughts and opinions of those who really matter – the wearers and buyers of this life-saving protection. Kelly Rose reports.
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