Most organisations recognise the importance of looking after their workers’ wellbeing but the lack of an agreed definition of what wellbeing is and how to measure it is holding back efforts to support employees in a rapidly changing world, a joint report by British Safety Council and the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) has found.
By Kerry Reals on 02 October 2024
Applications have now opened for British Safety Council’s 2025 International Safety Awards, which will this year include four new, free-to-enter accolades.
By British Safety Council on 01 October 2024
Heavy industry workers take significantly more time off for mental health reasons than the national average and most admit to having struggled with symptoms related to stress, anxiety or depression, according to a recent survey.
By Kerry Reals on 27 September 2024
Most organisations recognise the importance of looking after their workers’ wellbeing but the lack of an agreed definition of what wellbeing is and how to measure it is holding back efforts to support employees in a rapidly changing world, a joint report by British Safety Council and the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) has found.
By Kerry Reals on 02 October 2024
Applications have now opened for British Safety Council’s 2025 International Safety Awards, which will this year include four new, free-to-enter accolades.
By British Safety Council on 01 October 2024
A London refuse worker narrowly missed injury when a bin he loaded onto a lorry exploded.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 September 2024
Heavy industry workers take significantly more time off for mental health reasons than the national average and most admit to having struggled with symptoms related to stress, anxiety or depression, according to a recent survey.
By Kerry Reals on 27 September 2024
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has been fined £285,000 after a worker fell and died when a scissor lift was knocked over by a crane during building works at the University of Birmingham.
By Kerry Reals on 18 September 2024
Economic inactivity due to sickness could soar to 4.3 million within five years if current trends continue, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) which calls for a “once-in-a-generation rethink” of Britain’s approach to healthcare.
By Kerry Reals on 17 September 2024
Public events with capacity for more than 200 people will be legally required to put procedures in place to protect attendees from terrorist attacks, under draft legislation known as Martyn’s Law that was introduced to Parliament on 12 September.
By Kerry Reals on 13 September 2024
The National Grid has been fined £3.2 million after a worker suffered “life-changing” burns from a 33,000-volt shock while working on a pylon, to which the electricity had not been switched off.
By Kerry Reals on 09 September 2024
Decades of failure and deregulation by governments and the “systematic dishonesty” of cladding manufacturers led to the “avoidable” deaths of 72 people in the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the scathing final report from a public inquiry into the disaster has concluded.
By Kerry Reals on 04 September 2024
Teaching unions have welcomed the UK Government’s announcement that it will scrap Ofsted’s single-word grading system for schools in England, which they had argued was driving excessive workloads and negatively impacting the mental health of people who work in education.
By Kerry Reals on 02 September 2024
