The role that directors, senior managers and officers play in the implementation and management of their organisation’s health and safety policies and procedures should never be underestimated.
By Natalie Walker, Pinsent Masons LLP on 12 May 2023
Unpaid carers are the backbone of our society. It is a cliché but it is true. There are an estimated 2.3 million people providing care to their family, friends and neighbours around the country.
By Wendy Chamberlain MP on 07 September 2022
By selecting third-party certificated providers of fire safety services, a business can be confident they are getting competent help in managing fire risks.
By Justin Maltby-Smith, BAFE Fire Safety Register on 22 July 2022
A group of five former senior HSE officials have authored three new papers to mark 50 years since the Robens committee published its revolutionary report.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 July 2022
The government could use new powers to repeal EU-derived workplace protections without parliamentary scrutiny, a leading lawyer has warned.
By Belinda Liversedge on 13 May 2022
Britain’s largest listed companies are routinely under-reporting workplace injuries and fatalities to investors, according to new analysis by corporate governance advisory firm PIRC.
By Belinda Liversedge on 11 May 2022
The way a business responds to a health and safety accident and any resulting regulatory investigation is crucial both for its reputation and the eventual legal outcome.
By Rhian Greaves, DAC Beachcroft on 05 May 2022
The Robens report, which established the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA), is 50 this year. Safety Management celebrates Robens’s achievements and considers if the Act needs refreshing in the face of huge social changes.
By Belinda Liversedge on 10 May 2022
Do we value regulations enough, or are we better off without them? Most of the time, many of us never pause to think about the rules that govern us, so embedded are they in our daily life.
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 21 April 2022
In a time of ongoing uncertainty, as we continue to weather the pandemic storm and the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the overarching duty on employers to ensure that their employees (and others) are not exposed to health and safety risks has remained a constant.
By Anna Fletcher, Gowling WLG law firm on 01 December 2021
