HSE zeroes in on home worker safety amid calls for ‘more guidance’
HSE is reminding employers that protecting the health and safety of their hybrid and home workers is a “legal duty, not optional guidance.”
By Belinda Liversedge on 10 March 2026
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Employers urged to publish menopause ‘action plans’ from April
The government has launched a new initiative encouraging large employers to publish menopause action plans to help women thrive in the workplace.
By Belinda Liversedge on 06 March 2026
Mates in Mind warns HSE “stepping up” focus on stress following university breach
Mental health charity, Mates in Mind is urging businesses to review their stress management practices following regulatory action from HSE and in the build up to Stress Awareness month in April.
By Belinda Liversedge on 05 March 2026
National Grid fined £3.2 million after pylon worker receives 33,000-volt shock
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
Grenfell Tower Inquiry sets out recommendations as chair blames ‘incompetence, dishonesty and greed’ for deadly fire
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
Changes to Ofsted school grading system welcomed, but unions seek deeper reforms
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
Charities call for government and employers to act as suicide rates reach highest level since 1999
Suicide rates in England and Wales have hit their highest level in 25 years, prompting mental health charities to call on the Government and employers to do more to prevent people from reaching crisis point.
By Kerry Reals on 02 September 2024
Role of cladding to form part of Dagenham flat fire investigation
An investigation into the cause of a fire in a block of flats in Dagenham will be “protracted” and complex, London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe has said, amid reports that the building was in the process of having non-compliant cladding removed.
By Kerry Reals on 28 August 2024
British Safety Council white paper calls for proactive policies to keep workers safe as AI deployment grows
Robust regulatory frameworks that prioritise worker safety and wellbeing must be proactively developed to keep pace with the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution and avoid a race to the bottom on AI safety standards, according to a new white paper published by British Safety Council.
By British Safety Council on 22 August 2024
CBI calls for reforms to how employee health benefits are taxed
Measures such as enabling companies to provide Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) as fully tax-free benefits and relaxing rules on tax relief for employer-funded medical treatments could help boost the UK economy by £2.65 billion over four years, according to research published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
By Kerry Reals on 21 August 2024
Union calls on employers to prepare for new strain of mpox
UNISON is urging employers in the UK to ensure measures are in place to protect workers from mpox, following the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) declaration earlier this month that the virus is a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
By Kerry Reals on 20 August 2024
UK Government explores options on giving workers the ‘right to switch off’
UK workers could be granted the right to switch off and not respond to calls and emails from employers outside their contracted hours, under new plans being considered by the Government.
By Kerry Reals on 20 August 2024
IPPR calls for ‘health-led economy’ as worker sickness causes huge rise in costs to businesses
Presenteeism has driven a £30 billion rise in the cost to UK businesses of employee sickness since 2018, analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank has shown.
By Kerry Reals on 01 August 2024
