HSE inspections up, but prosecutions down over past year
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2023
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Cost of living fuels work from home boom
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2023
2.5m adults in UK economically inactive due to long-term ill health
By Belinda Liversedge on 09 August 2023
Cost of living fuels work from home boom
Over a third of employers have seen an increase in staff working from home compared with 2022, an Acas survey has found.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2023
HSE inspections up, but prosecutions down over past year
Prosecutions for health and safety offences fell over last year, but inspections increased slightly, according to HSE’s annual report published this summer.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2023
2.5m adults in UK economically inactive due to long-term ill health
More than 2.5 million in the UK are economically inactive due to one or more long-term health conditions, ONS data has revealed.
By Belinda Liversedge on 09 August 2023
Mentorship programme to help women ‘break down barriers’ into health and safety careers
The women's safety group, SOWSHEA, has initiated a new career development programme to equip African young women with safety and leadership skills with the support of British Safety Council.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 August 2023
‘Life can change in a second’: wheelchair racer's message for Farm Safety Week
A World Champion wheelchair racer has urged people to stop and think for Farm Safety Week, as figures released today show that working in farming is 21 times more deadly than any other industry.
By Belinda Liversedge on 18 July 2023
80 per cent of managers say budgetary constraints are risk to workplace safety
Budgetary constraints and skills shortages are the top workplace safety challenges facing managers according to a new report.
By Belinda Liversedge on 18 July 2023
Farming Minister drives tractor to Parliament for mental health
A government minister drove a tractor to Parliament last week to raise awareness of mental health in farming and rural communities.
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 July 2023
Falls top the causes of workplace deaths in 2023
Forty workers lost their lives falling from height last year, eleven more than the year before that, and an increase of five on the past five-year average (35 deaths), HSE statistics show. Falls remain the most common cause of workplace death.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 July 2023
Sunday Times backs call to remove asbestos in schools
The Sunday Times has launched a campaign urging the phased removal of asbestos in schools and hospitals, quoting one health and safety leader as calling the situation an ‘unfolding tragedy.’
By Belinda Liversedge on 03 July 2023
EU agrees on tougher limits to tackle air pollution
The EU has agreed to impose tougher legal limits on health-harming dirty air which one of its key spokespeople has branded a “slow moving pandemic.”
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 July 2023
