A new schools inspection system is needed which prioritises the wellbeing of teaching staff and schoolchildren, the sister of headteacher, Ruth Perry, who took her own life has said.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 November 2023
An operations manager at a funfair company has been jailed after a three-year-old girl died playing on a defective trampoline on a Norfolk beach.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 November 2023
Employees with bosses who micromanage them are at greater risk of heart attack than those given more flexibility and control over tasks, a new study has found.
By Belinda Liversedge on 09 November 2023
A lift company and a housing association have been fined £1.5m after a girl suffered fatal head injuries when she looked out of a broken vision panel in a lift at her home in Weymouth.
By on 01 March 2019
Loughborough University has been awarded a £25,000 grant to further research into musculoskeletal disorder presenteeism in the construction industry.
By on 01 March 2019
A refuse collection company has been fined £1m after a worker was run over and killed by a reversing refuse collection vehicle (RCV).
By on 01 March 2019
High Street clothing empire Arcadia Group has been fined £450,000 after a young girl was left permanently disfigured after she was crushed by a queue barrier at a Topshop store in Glasgow.
By on 01 March 2019
A bank, a sportswear company and a health and wellbeing provider have been named as the healthiest places to work in Britain.
By on 01 March 2019
HSE should set a “stretching target” to improve engagement among its 2,500 staff, including looking at annual working days lost and reports of bullying and harassment, a government report into its work has urged.
By on 01 March 2019
Managers without the skills to spot mental health issues in their staff should not be given top jobs in companies, one of the UK’s most senior psychologists in organisational health has said.
By on 01 March 2019
New micro robots will be built to radically improve safety by inspecting in Britain’s most hazardous workplaces including nuclear power sites, as well as repairing Britain’s road network, under a £19.6 million government investment strategy, it has been announced.
By on 01 February 2019
The Attorney General has given his backing for a new inquest into a young girl’s death, which, if conclusive, would be the first time air pollution is cited as a cause of death.
By on 01 February 2019
