The Health and Safety Executive is a body set up to protect the health, safety and welfare of employees and to safeguard others, principally the public, who may be exposed to risk from industry.
The HSE’s remit is to ensure that risks to people’s health and safety from work activities are properly controlled.
Proposals to limit on-the-spot safety inspections could result in more workplace deaths and injuries, the Institution of Occupational Safety and...
A European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision on a key element of UK health and safety law has been hailed as...
The number of convictions of companies responsible for the death of construction workers has fallen by nearly 75% despite the number...
A rise in deaths in the construction industry must force the government into reversing policies of cutting safety inspectors and...
A growing number of MPs from all political parties are calling for a Parliamentary debate and government action over the number of...
The Health and Safety Commission has published a consultation document seeking views about a proposed merger with the Health and...
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) initiative to reduce the number of workplace accidents involving young people has been previewed...
My heart sank when I read the health and safety dilemma and response in your regular legal Q&A column (5 ...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called on companies to "get a life" and concentrate on serious safety risks at work rather than sensationalising trivial concerns
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a consultative document on how to encourage, improve and increase worker involvement in health and safety risk management
Employer not liable if employees ignore their health and safety training, appeal court rules
Safety inspections in the UK have plummeted to a new low, increasing the chances of workers being killed, made ill or injured by their jobs, according to new figures published by the TUC
The government has warned businesses that fail to comply with health and safety law they 'will feel the heat' from the Health and Safety Executive
OH role in flu pandemic; Working together; OH across Europe
There was a significant fall in the number of enforcement notices issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in...
