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"Check It!": IPAF launches campaign to slash work-at-height fatalities

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has today launched its 2026 global safety campaign targeting MEWP inspections.

By Belinda Liversedge on 14 May 2026

Older Black Worker Centre For Ageing Better

Employers have every reason to support older workers

Workers over the age of 50 comprise nearly one third of the entire UK workforce, and they’re essential to the economy. Employers therefore have an imperative to recruit – and retain – older workers.

By Tracy Riddell, Centre for Ageing Better on 07 May 2026

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How to create an inclusive workplace for neurodivergent employees

By Gabrielle Taylor, Mates in Mind on 13 May 2026

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Equality and inclusion at work: why we must keep pushing forward on disability inclusion

By Diane Lightfoot, Business Disability Forum on 05 May 2026

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Cultivating positive relationships across neuro-differences and harnessing the power of inclusion in the workplace

By Grant Tickle and Dr Audrey Fleming British Safety Council on 01 May 2026

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CCTV reveals worker’s traumatic 11,000v shock: tree surgery firm is sentenced

An employer has been fined after a tree surgeon suffered a powerful electric shock when the mobile lighting tower he was pushing made contact with an overhead powerline.

By Belinda Liversedge on 07 May 2026

Deborah Garlick

Creating safer, more inclusive workplaces through menstrual health support is a win-win for employees, business and society

There are an estimated 15 million women who menstruate in the UK, 72 per cent of whom are in work (source: ONS). Research shows that menstruation symptoms have a measurable impact on work: employees lose an average of 8.4 days of productivity each year, 13.8 per cent report taking absence during their period, and one in four say it has impacted their career.

By on 15 May 2026

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Ill-fitting PPE is more than uncomfortable – it’s unsafe

By CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building) and #PPEThatFits campaign on 08 May 2026

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Why we need to make PPE Fit For All

By Melanie Bartlett and Lynsey Mann, GMB Union on 12 May 2026