Artificial Intelligence labs locked in ‘out of control race’, warn tech leaders
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 May 2023
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Worker crushed after untrained worker allowed to drive forklift
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 May 2023
Group calls for end to ‘death trap’ workplaces in garment trade
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 May 2023
Ailing UK nation needs employer to step in where NHS can’t, agrees panel
The UK is suffering from a productivity crisis, thanks in part to worsening physical and mental health among its workforce, Professor Dame Carol Black, Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better said at London’s Watercooler conference last month.
By Belinda Liversedge on 18 May 2023
HSE summer inspections to target dust in construction
HSE has begun a series of summer inspections targeting dust exposure risk at construction sites across Great Britain.
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 May 2023
Record numbers of UK employees off sick, stats show
Bad backs, respiratory conditions and mental health were among the top reasons for workers taking off a record number of days off due to sickness last year, according to official figures.
By Belinda Liversedge on 10 May 2023
More than a third say health and safety improved since pandemic, finds report
Health and safety practitioners are more confident since the pandemic that their company will protect workers and that staff will comply with safety rules, a report has found.
By Belinda Liversedge on 03 May 2023
Group calls for end to ‘death trap’ workplaces in garment trade
Protesters gathered outside Oxford Street fashion shops in a ‘Cost of Fashion’ walking demonstration on Sunday 23 April.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 May 2023
Artificial Intelligence labs locked in ‘out of control race’, warn tech leaders
AI experts and business leaders have petitioned AI labs to pause training of systems ‘more powerful than GPT-4’ until risks have been planned for and managed.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 May 2023
Risks of air pollution raised in Parliament by Healthy Air Coalition
British Safety Council’s Head of Policy and Communications, Stephen Cooke, represented the Time to Breathe campaign on the risks to outdoor workers at an event to launch the Health Air Coalition’s new strategy and brand in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 18 April.
By British Safety Council on 19 April 2023
Wellbeing Conference 2023: highlights from an amazing day
Experts were invited to share insights into employee and organisational wellbeing at British Safety Council’s third annual Wellbeing Conference on 18 April.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 April 2023
‘Forever chemicals’: government considers supporting ban
An HSE review of use of ‘forever chemicals’ present in everyday items such as furniture and drinking water has been published to help the government consider supporting a ban or to increase monitoring of them.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 April 2023
Evidence grows for air pollution link to poor mental health
The odds of being diagnosed with common mental health disorders are greater for people living in polluted areas, even when factors like socioeconomic deprivation have been accounted for, a new report has cited.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 April 2023
