HSE faces questions on its role in the coronavirus pandemic
By Belinda Liversedge on 13 May 2020
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Home workers report increase in back pain and longer hours
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 April 2020
Deaths at work due to coronavirus are “RIDDOR reportable” says HSE
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 April 2020
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HSE faces questions on its role in the coronavirus pandemic
HSE has received reports of over 56 deaths to workers resulting from suspected covid-19 but has taken no enforcement action and no action to shut down any workplaces, a select committee heard yesterday.
By Belinda Liversedge on 13 May 2020
TUC says employers must risk assess workplaces before lockdown is eased
The TUC is calling on government to ensure that employers assess the risks of their staff returning to work outside the home before lockdown restrictions are eased.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 April 2020
HSE receives over 4,142 workplace concerns relating to coronavirus
HSE says it can confirm it has received more than 4,142 workplace concerns relating to coronavirus since March.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 May 2020
International Workers Memorial Day: how to mark the day
Tuesday 28 April is International Workers Memorial Day #IWMD20. This year the theme is Stop the Pandemic at Work. The call to Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living have never been so important.
By Belinda Liversedge on 28 April 2020
Government appoints PPE Tsar to ramp up UK manufacturing effort
The government has announced the appointment of a ‘tsar' to coordinate the manufacture and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus crisis.
By Belinda Liversedge on 22 April 2020
Home workers report increase in back pain and longer hours
#WFH during Covid19? You may be experiencing “significant wellbeing challenges” according to authors of the first survey of home working employees’ experiences during the lockdown.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 April 2020
Deaths at work due to coronavirus are “RIDDOR reportable” says HSE
HSE has issued advice on when and how to report exposure to coronavirus or a diagnosis of COVID 19, in the workplace under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013).
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 April 2020
CPS releases list of people jailed for coughing on key workers
The Crown Prosecution Service has today warned that anyone using coronavirus to threaten emergency workers will face criminal charges, after it released a list of people it had arrested for coughing on police and others.
By Belinda Liversedge on 09 April 2020
Why has the UK decided against WHO legal limits on air pollution?
MPs voted against enshrining World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) into UK law in the environment bill. What's the debate?
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 April 2020
Health unions call for wartime style PPE manufacturing effort
Manufacturing capacity currently furloughed or underutilised should be repurposed to produce the PPE kit desperately needed by NHS, social care providers and others, say doctors.
By Belinda Liversedge on 06 April 2020
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