Covid

    Layla Moran MP

    Long Covid: employers need guidelines on managing its impact on affected workers

    When I wrote for this publication last July, the number of people living with Long Covid had reached one million, a grim milestone.

    By Layla Moran MP, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Oxford West & Abingdon on 16 August 2022

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    More than a third say health and safety improved since pandemic, finds report

    Health and safety practitioners are more confident since the pandemic that their company will protect workers and that staff will comply with safety rules, a report has found.

    By Belinda Liversedge on 03 May 2023

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    The power of numbers in fighting a pandemic

    For many of us the story of the pandemic has been shaped by numbers.

    By Belinda Liversedge on 14 April 2021

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    Supporting mental health in a post-Covid world

    Supporting the mental wellbeing of your staff pays real dividends – both for your people and your business, says former health minister and mental health campaigner Sir Norman Lamb.

    By Sir Norman Lamb was Minister of State at the Department of Health from 2012 to 2015 and the Liberal Democrat MP. on 20 April 2021

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    What’s the future for conferences and events?

    For the foreseeable future this year, all conferences and events will either not take place, or go digital. The government made this clear in its updated guidance of 24 June, banning all gatherings of over 30 people and ordering venues to remain closed.

    By on 06 July 2020

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    Long Covid: the government needs to act now

    The impact of long Covid on a person’s life can be devastating.

    By Layla Moran on 21 July 2021

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    Tough love speaks truth to power

    A UK-wide network of campaigners with a long history of calling out injustice at work, Hazards has stood almost alone during the pandemic in how they take on anyone they see as failing to uphold the safety of working people.

    By on 08 October 2020

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    Change workplaces for good

    At the start of the coronavirus lockdown some political processes were put on ice, but as the crisis has evolved politics itself has heated up.

    By Charles Pitt on 07 June 2020

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    Unblocking the lockdown

    As a responsible employer and as the founder of a business that works in people’s homes, health and safety is an absolute priority.

    By Charlie Mullins OBE on 03 July 2020

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    How to avoid the legal pitfalls

    Before the coronavirus outbreak, health and safety was often seen as additional ‘red-tape’. Now, employees returning to work after having been told by the government to stay at home for their own safety will have increased health and safety concerns.

    By Richard Thomas on 03 July 2020