For a few months now many workers, especially office-based staff, have been working from home. Quite a number of these, about 30% according to a recent news report, actually prefer working from home and have stated that they would like to continue like this.
The Government is committed to bringing about the biggest change in building safety for a generation. Yesterday [Monday 20 July 2020] they published the Draft Building Safety Bill that aims to improve building and fire safety.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called for businesses to follow the government’s 5 steps to being COVID-secure as the lockdown eases and more sectors begin to open their doors.
This week sees many workers returning to work who have been at home furloughed for the last 10-12 weeks. It is down to employers and managers to ensure that they consider both the physical and mental health of their employees and the damage that could be caused by returning to work after such a long break.
On the evening of Sunday 10 May, Boris Johnson introduced an overview of the government’s phased plan to gradually move the country out of lockdown.
Coronavirus – Some questions being asked and our answers With the current situation, whereby many people are working from home, we have been asked a number of questions from businesses unsure about their duties
Coronavirus has, of course, been the main topic of discussion around the world over the last few weeks. Especially now that many businesses are forced to close, and we are in virtual shut down.
Coronavirus has, been a talking point over the last couple of weeks and we've been asked questions about it recently e.g. the need or not to wear masks
All accidents and incidents, no matter how minor, need to be investigated to some degree to ensure that it can be assured that they are less likely to reoccur in the future and to assist in the monitoring of the health and safety management system.
Those kept in modern slavery are essentially ‘owned’ by their employers and are controlled through a variety of means including enormous debts that victims will never be able to pay off, and threats of harm to themselves, or their families, if they do try to leave.