Grenfell cladding suppliers ignored results of safety test
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 February 2021
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1 in 5 workers forced into workplaces needlessly
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 February 2021
'Nothing’s changed during Covid, same workload, business as usual'
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 February 2021
New study to track home workers’ experiences
Seven in ten (73 per cent) of us would prefer to work from home some of the time according to a new report on home workers’ experiences during lockdown.
By Belinda Liversedge on 24 February 2021
MPs call for long Covid to be recognised as occupational disease
The Government has been called on to launch a compensation scheme for frontline workers who are suffering from the long-term effects of coronavirus, otherwise known as ‘long Covid’.
By Belinda Liversedge on 18 February 2021
Grenfell cladding suppliers ignored results of safety test
Cladding used on Grenfell was ten times more flammable than an alternative product that could have been used, an inquiry heard yesterday.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 February 2021
1 in 5 workers forced into workplaces needlessly
Government advice remains to work from home if you can but it seems the message isn’t getting through to bosses, according to a survey by the TUC.
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 February 2021
HSE classifies Covid-19 as 'not serious' risk, minister reveals
HSE’s assessment that Covid-19 is not a “serious” workplace risk has been met with outrage and disbelief among workers’ unions and the Labour party.
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 February 2021
'Nothing’s changed during Covid, same workload, business as usual'
Non-essential housing maintenance work must stop, says Unite, which reports that tenants in Kent as well as workers are being exposed to the virus for small jobs around the house.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 February 2021
‘Tell workers: if you have a sore throat or a cold, go home’
A London GP has called for the UK to change advice for employers and workers to reflect new research that shows a sore throat and a cold can also be symptoms of coronavirus.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 February 2021
Government u-turns over post-Brexit plan to scrap rights
The government’s review of workers’ rights has been scrapped in a rapid U-turn after the business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed plans had changed.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 February 2021
Getting sound advice
Commissioning competent technical advice on noise exposure control can be a daunting prospect, so new guidance has been published to help employers procure the help of a suitable expert.
By Professor Kevin Bampton, BOHS on 16 February 2021
March date for schools’ reopening too early to call, say teachers’ unions
The Prime Minister is wrong to say schools might re-open in March before having the evidence that it would be safe to do so, teachers’ unions have said.
By on 28 January 2021
