Take your health & safety career to the next level with these excellent courses
Our selection of online courses tailored specifically for the health & safety sector will enable you to both learn new skills and improve existing ones in 2023 and beyond – sign up today! These are specially-curated online courses designed to help you and your team improve expertise and learn new things. The Health & Safety online learning […]
Embracing Change: Barriers when implementing SaaS
Are you fed up of Word documents, formatting templates and searching for the latest risk assessment? Are you looking to ease collaboration with teammates, improve your risk assessments and save valuable time? Digital solutions offer an abundance of benefits to the workflow and overall quality of risk assessments. But sometimes the prospect of change can seem […]
UK employers falling foul of non-UK regulations for employees overseas
UK employers are at risk of falling foul of non-UK regulations due to changing working habits, with people working remotely abroad. That’s according to according to Towergate Health & Protection, which says that since the pandemic made remote working the norm, many employees are now choosing to work from locations outside of the UK. Employers […]
Health risks to port workers highlighted by HSE
Port and distribution workers who play a crucial role in making sure items are delivered to buyers in the UK could be putting their health at risk. Approximately 63.2 million tonnes of goods were handled by UK ports in 2015 in freight containers. These containers are opened on arrival by workers at Great Britain’s ports […]
Do you specialise in Health & Safety Software? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Health & Safety Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the security market – and in December we’ll be focussing on Health & Safety Software. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help health & safety buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if […]
Plan for 2023 at the Occupational Safety & Health Forum
You are invited to attend the Occupational Safety & Health Forum, which will provide you with a rare full working day of industry networking, learning and connection building. Taking place on January 31st at the Hilton London Canary Wharf, this unique event will enable you to lay the groundwork for your organisation’s heath & safety strategy for 2023 and […]
Nestle fined over ‘life-changing’ chocolate factory injuries
Nestle has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries at its factory in Newcastle upon Tyne. The incident happened on November 30, 2020 when the man was drawn into a roller mechanism on a conveyor machine. South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how the maintenance technician was investigating a problem on the conveyor belt of […]
Case Study: RiskPal & The National Film and Television School (NFTS)
NTFS is the leading school for training tomorrow’s creative industry, whose prestigious alumni have won 14 Oscars and 165 BAFTAs. NTFS offers more than 30 MA, Diploma and Certificate courses, as well as a package of short courses and training across several UK campuses. To give students the most rounded understanding of the production industry, […]
60% of hybrid workers say direct Manager is one of the top two influences on connection to corporate culture
HR leaders must equip managers to drive culture connectedness among employees as 60% of hybrid knowledge workers report their direct manager is one of the top two influences on their connection to organizational culture. That’s according to a Gartner survey of more than 3,900 hybrid/remote knowledge workers, which found only 1 in 4 employees reported they […]
WHO in call to tackle mental health in the workplace
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have called for concrete actions to address mental health concerns in the working population. An estimated 12 billion workdays are lost annually due to depression and anxiety costing the global economy nearly US$1 trillion. Two new publications which aim to address this issue are […]
