Director jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure
The latest asbestos prosecution by the HSE shows the potential consequences for employers who fail to protect their workers from exposure to the dangers of asbestos.
April is Stress Awareness Month
Tackling the causes of work-related stress remains a huge challenge for many employers. April is stress awareness month and a good time to review your workplace strategy and improve it.
The HSE advocates a 5 Step approach in their Working Minds campaign. If you’re struggling to know how or where to start, this can be a good way forward.
Aim to complete 5 steps in 5 weeks:
- Reach out and have conversations
- Recognise the signs and causes of stress
- Respond to any risks identified by agreeing action points
- Reflect on the actions taken – have things improved?
- Make it Routine to check back in on how things are going
Read on to find out about the detailed guidance and resources from the HSE to help you on your way.
Global Asbestos Week 2024: Check Out the HSE Asbestos Awareness Campaigns
The first week of April is Global Asbestos Awareness Week. Asbestos remains in millions of homes and buildings today and can become dangerous, even fatal, if disturbed or damaged.
The HSE is currently running two campaigns:
- Asbestos and You highlights the risk of asbestos to tradespeople such as builders, plumbers and maintenance workers.
- Asbestos – Your Duty to raise awareness of the legal duty to manage asbestos in buildings
Read on to find out more about these two campaigns and the free resources available to employers to help raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos.
Make Sure Your Site is Safe for Anyone Who Enters It
A Scottish civil engineering firm has been fined £800k for safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a manhole on a building site in Glasgow. This case highlights the need to ensure work sites are safe for anyone who enters them, even those who are trespassing. Read More
Check Out the New Violence and Aggression at Work Guidance from the HSE
Violence and aggression at work is a problem for many workers and employers have a duty to protect their workers from it and prevent violence at work. To help them meet this duty the HSE has refreshed its guidance for employers and also issued guidance to workers. Read More
Help Your Employees to Succeed at Work
The HSE has launched new guidelines to help employers support disabled people and those with long-term health conditions thrive at work Read More
World Asthma Day – Assess the Risks Now to Protect Employee Health
Today is World Asthma Day. Occupational asthma is often overlooked resulting in debilitating health conditions for workers, devastating for them and their families. Take today to look again at your business operations and decide if occupational asthma is a hazard for your firm.
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Good Ventilation Helps Reduce the Spread of Coronavirus
Good ventilation in workplaces is a key control in helping to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. Adequate ventilation is not just a legal requirement but it reduces how much virus is in the air and therefore the risk of breathing it in. Updated guidance from the HSE reveals how to assess and improve your workplace ventilation.
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