The Occupational Safety & Health Forum returns in January – have you secured your place?
The Occupational Safety & Health Forum is an exclusive, invitation-only event, that will bring together some of the most influential health & safety leaders. And as a high-profile health & safety professional you are eligible for a FREE delegate place! The Occupational Safety & Health Forum takes place at the Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted. Your attendance is entirely […]
Stand Up To Cancer Day: Employees with cancer ‘could become more isolated’ with hybrid working
With more employees embracing hybrid working than ever before, RedArc urges employers to ensure that all employees, but especially those with severe illnesses like cancer, do not become increasingly isolated. On the one hand, remote working allows cancer patients to continue to work during their treatment and rehabilitation (if they so wish). Being able to […]
BCarm Academy: Free bitesize learning on hot risk topics
Health and Safety at its best is embedded in culture and people. For many, Health and Safety is an additional function to the main role and so building the confidence and competence to fulfil their responsibilities is essential for their Engagement. 2 of the 12 top drivers for Employee Engagement according to Gallup Q12 are: 1. I […]
Re-evaluating the risk assessment
In recent years, multiple events have prompted health and safety practitioners and risk managers to re-evaluate the role of risk assessment. Covid-19 has been the biggest driver of change. The pandemic transported health risk to the centre of corporate risk registers while, simultaneously, transforming ways of day-to-day working. Suddenly, risk assessment was central to corporate […]
Fatal fall results in £190k fine for waste management firm
A waste management company has been fined £190,000 after a contractor died when he fell seven metres while carrying out maintenance work. The experienced maintenance contractor was part of a team under the control and direction of Wiltshire-based Hills Waste Solutions Limited. He sustained fatal injuries in the fall on November 18, 2020, while working […]
Do you specialise in Risk Management? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Health & Safety Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the health & safety market – and in September we’ll be focussing on Risk Management. 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 […]
SOM wants more strategic planning to better manage long COVID in the workforce
The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) is calling for organisations to take a strategic, planned, approach to managing Long COVID in the workforce. It says there needs to be early, appropriate intervention, using occupational health input – rather than leave it to individual line managers to decide how to best manage each case. This SOM […]
Make sure you’re at the health & safety event of the year this January
Have you claimed you free place at this January’s Occupational Safety & Health Forum? It’s the only industry event you’ll need in 2023 Tuesday 31st January 2023 Radisson Blu Hotel, London Stansted Your place is entirely free and we will build you an itinerary of meetings with suppliers who could potentially support you with your […]
Employers ‘must act now’ to make sure workplaces are ready for warmer weather
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is advising businesses to think how they need to adapt to warmer working conditions for their staff. After last month’s record-breaking temperatures and with more hot weather expected this week, HSE is asking employers to ensure extreme heat becomes part of their long-term planning. With temperatures reaching an unprecedented […]
Break free from the status quo! Transform your risk assessments with RiskPal
Time and again, Health and Safety professionals tell us the most common problems they face with risk assessment are: Receiving outdated, irrelevant or copied content Wasting time reformatting or updating unwieldy templates Chasing input and approval from management An inability to extract valuable health and safety data Missing oversight of all risk assessment documentation Sound […]
