Employers will be encouraged to take “early and supportive action” for employees with health conditions so that more people remain in work, under proposals put forward in a new consultation.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 August 2019
“If you exclude a safety critical role we do not have any mandate for any profession to make decisions based on a fitness to work ‘standard’.”
By Belinda Liversedge on 28 May 2019
There are many misconceptions around disability. Often people picture the familiar image of a wheelchair user and assume that disability must be present from birth.
By Diane Lightfoot CEO at Business Disability Forum on 19 February 2019
Prakash Narola, of the British Safety Council, wants the workplace to support disabled workers to fulfill their own potential.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 November 2018
One of the privileges of chairing the British Safety Council is being part of an organisation that, from its board of trustees through to its thousands of members, has a collective will, commitment and determination that everyone will have a safe and healthy place of work.
By Lawrence Waterman OBE, chair of the British Safety Council on 03 July 2018
By Peter Harvey, the Fork Lift Truck Association on 26 September 2017
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 November 2018
By Belinda Liversedge on 31 July 2019
