Employers should “start preparing now” for three key measures expected in Employment Rights Bill which will give women enhanced rights in the workplace, said a senior lawyer.
By Belinda Liversedge on 03 April 2025
Around one in seven (14 per cent) UK adults have experienced a long-term health condition because of the virus.
By Belinda Liversedge on 25 March 2025
Exposure to large amounts of silica dust was among a “catalogue of failures” at an east London construction site, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 March 2025
One in 17 people in the UK have low life satisfaction and almost a quarter have high levels of anxiety, a new report focused on wellbeing by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.
By Kerry Reals on 09 May 2024
Mental health support in workplaces of the future is likely to be much more tailored to individual employees’ needs, based on data collected about each person, and will recognise the increasingly blurred boundary between work and home life.
By Kerry Reals on 02 May 2024
The number of working-age people in the UK who are neither employed nor looking for a job rose again in the December to February period, prompting calls for more investment in training and a greater focus on the health and wellbeing of the nation.
By Kerry Reals on 16 April 2024
Retailers have welcomed a UK government decision to make assaulting a shop worker a standalone criminal offence in England and Wales, but civil liberties groups have criticised plans to ramp up the use of facial recognition technology in town centres to help catch shoplifters.
By Kerry Reals on 10 April 2024
More than 70 per cent of the global workforce could be exposed to serious health hazards because of climate change, and existing occupational health and safety legislation may not be sufficient to protect workers, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
By Kerry Reals on 22 April 2024
Calls for the reinstatement of UK government funding for the provision of mental health and wellbeing hubs for NHS workers have amplified, as a new survey by the UNISON union warns that the threat of burnout could compound healthcare staff shortages.
By Kerry Reals on 12 April 2024
More than a third of water workers in the UK have been verbally abused at work by members of the public in the last 12 months, with just over half attributing the rise in abuse to reports of sewage being dumped, according to a recent survey carried out by the GMB union.
By Kerry Reals on 16 April 2024
Teaching union NASUWT has reiterated calls for suicides to be included in the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) annual figures on work-related deaths, and is calling for suicide prevention training to be provided for all school leaders.
By Kerry Reals on 03 April 2024
Government policy will determine whether artificial intelligence (AI) displaces up to eight million UK jobs or brings significant wage and economic gains, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said in a recent report.
By Kerry Reals on 02 April 2024
Essex Police has confirmed that it responded to an incident in which a man died after falling from height at work near Southend-on-Sea on 27 March.
By Kerry Reals on 28 March 2024
