Prevention over perks, urges IOSH
THE INSTITUTION of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has issued a stark warning to employers: stop papering over cracks with wellbeing perks and start confronting the root causes of harm affecting workforces.
THE INSTITUTION of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has issued a stark warning to employers: stop papering over cracks with wellbeing perks and start confronting the root causes of harm affecting workforces.
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS is preparing to reduce its funding for the Driving for Better Business (DfBB) programme next year, with support expected to be cut by half.
A NEW industry guide has been launched to help health and safety professionals strengthen their influence at executive level and secure greater support for safety initiatives.
NEW BOHS guidance highlights the need to control cancer risks arising from Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions at work.
EPISODE 46 of the Health and Safety Matters Podcast is now available and features an interview with NEBOSH’s chief strategy and governance officer Laura Wise.
IOSH IS urging the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to maintain its firm commitment to high standards and sustain the momentum behind the industry’s necessary cultural transformation.
NEW INTERNATIONAL guidance designed to help organisations protect workers from current and growing occupational health and safety risks (OH&S) related to climate change has been issued by BSI, as challenges such as extreme heat, flooding and rising pollution affect billions of workers around the world.
A LIVE MEWP awareness and rescue safety day delivered by Horizon Platforms, has highlighted the need for rescue preparedness and machine familiarisation, among operators and managers responsible for supervising MEWP activity on retail fit-out projects.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT company Thermatic has strengthened its suite of ISO certifications with new partner, Perry Johnson Registrars (PJR).
ACCIDENTS ARE the sixth leading cause of death worldwide, claiming over 3 million lives a year, and people in developing countries are far more likely to be killed in an accident than those in richer nations. That’s the shocking truth exposed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA)’s new report Accidental deaths and life-changing injuries: A global tragedy, in partnership with L’Oréal and Xylem.
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