AI-powered systems, digitalisation and automation offer great potential for improving efficiency and driving innovation at work and in society, but digitalised work practices also pose a significant threat to employee wellbeing.
By David Sharp, International Workplace on 04 June 2025
Drones are often used to avoid the need for humans to work at height, but they can also be used in certain dangerous confined spaces, such as silos, sewers and tanks, reducing the risk to workers.
By Neil Blacklock, Rainham Industrial Services on 16 May 2025
Health and safety practitioners will already appreciate how extensive the duties on their companies to protect safety can be, how easy it is to fall foul of them and the importance of learning from any incidents to prevent any further serious events.
By Chris Green, Keoghs on 14 July 2023
Years of underfunding, overwork and underpay at Britain’s principal workplace safety regulator have created a capacity, staffing and skills crisis that threatens its ability to keep people safe at work.
By Mike Clancy, Prospect on 11 July 2023
The recent tragic disappearance of a worker from a floating offshore drilling rig in the North Sea has highlighted concerns UK authorities have insufficient powers to regulate the safety of vessels operating in the UK’s offshore oil, gas and renewables industry.
By Darren Procter, RMT on 09 July 2023
By Sean Elson, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP on 01 June 2023
By Baroness Brown DBE FREng FRS, chair, Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) on 01 June 2023
By Ruth Jones MP for Newport West & Shadow Minister for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation on 01 June 2023
Businesses have a vital role to play in improving air quality – and the UK’s Clean Air Day on 15 June is a great opportunity for companies to begin or renew their efforts in this area.
By Nicky O’Malley, director of corporate partnerships, Global Action Plan on 01 June 2023
I recently addressed a room full of people waiting to hear if they had won an International Safety Award (ISA), at our gala dinner in London. This is something I do every year, so nothing unusual there. This year, I decided I’d do something I’ve never really done before. I told a personal story, about my own experiences, from my own career.
By Mike Robinson FCA on 01 June 2023
With Usdaw’s annual survey showing abuse against shopworkers is higher than pre-pandemic levels, it’s vital that government, retail employers, police and the courts work more closely together to make shops safer for staff.
By Paddy Lillis, general secretary of the Usdaw union on 01 May 2023
By Natalie Walker, senior associate, Pinsent Masons LLP on 01 May 2023
