newsMental health issues top of workers’ lockdown concerns
A SURVEY by Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has found that workers’ concerns about their mental health have increased dramatically since the lockdown began.
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newsIOSH urges “risk intelligent” return to work
BUSINESSES PREPARING to reopen workplaces must be risk-controlled and put health and safety first – to avoid becoming “places of transmission” of the coronavirus.
newsIOSH promotes Sun Awareness Week
THIS WEEK (4-10 May 2020) is Sun Awareness Week, which encourages people to regularly self-examine for signs of skin cancer and teaches everyone about the dangers of sunburn and excessive tanning.
newsMental health charities offering frontline worker support
LEADING MENTAL health charities are uniting for the first time to provide round the clock mental health support to those working on the frontline against the Coronavirus
newsUnion working with government on return to work
THE UNITE Union has said it is working closely with the government and other trade unions to ensure that workers are adequately protected when the lockdown from coronavirus is lifted.
newsUnion urges temperature tests for bus workers
UNITE, THE UK and Ireland’s largest union, which represents over 80,000 thousand bus drivers in the UK, is calling on all bus operators to introduce compulsory temperature checks to further protect workers against COVID-19.
newsMobile testing units for frontline workers
ESSENTIAL WORKERS and the most vulnerable will receive increased access to coronavirus tests after the government unveiled a network of mobile testing units to travel where there is significant demand, including care homes, police stations and prisons.
newsFree training to all key workers
BRACKNELL BASED eLearning provider, iHASCO, have announced that all key workers across the UK can obtain free access to their Mental Health Awareness and Infection Prevention & Control training programmes.
newsHSM Survey: How is Covid-19 effecting your business
HEALTH AND Safety Matters (HSM) magazine has partnered with iHASCO to create this survey on the effects of Covid-19 on your organisation
newsGovernment to boost social care COVID-19 testing
THE GOVERNMENT has announced that all care home residents and social care staff with coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms will be tested as capacity is built up.
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