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Health and safety

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 requires employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of its employees.

This duty extends to health and safety matters such as the maintenance of plant; systems of work; the arrangements for the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances; information and training; and access routes.


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    Workplaces urged to revisit and refresh first aid approaches in 2025

    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2025
    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2025

    Workplaces are being urged to revisit and refresh their first aid practices and approaches as UK plc reopens for business...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety

    Warning of ‘catastrophic’ rise in alcohol deaths in England

    by Nic Paton 20 Dec 2024
    by Nic Paton 20 Dec 2024

    There has been “a catastrophic” 42% rise in deaths from alcohol in England in the past four years, a charity...

    • Construction
    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health

    Building health: Enhancing worker safety on winter construction sites

    by Benjamin Rothwell 16 Dec 2024
    by Benjamin Rothwell 16 Dec 2024

    As we look towards the new year and the arrival of winter proper, Benjamin Rothwell outlines some of the key...

    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health

    Changing social habits mean OH must rethink occupational noise risk

    by Nic Paton 3 Dec 2024
    by Nic Paton 3 Dec 2024

    OH professionals need to recognise that changing social habits – especially people listening to content through headphones at work or...

    • Health & Safety Executive
    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety

    1.7 million suffered work-related illness last year – HSE

    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2024

    A total of 1.7 million people suffered from a work-related illness in the past year (2023-24), figures from the Health...

    • Conditions
    • Health and safety
    • Latest News

    Call for more toilet access as workers turn to bags and buckets

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 19 Nov 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 19 Nov 2024

    Unions demand greater access to toilets as a new study shows workers are using bags, bottles, buckets and bushes due to a lack of facilities.

    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health

    Accidental deaths in UK at all-time high, warns RoSPA

    by Nic Paton 15 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Nov 2024

    Accidental deaths in the UK have reached an all-time high and are now the second biggest killer of people aged...

    • Health and safety
    • Latest News
    • Retail

    MPs show support for retail worker assault law

    by Jo Faragher 5 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 5 Nov 2024

    Retail worker assault: A committee of MPs has showed its support for making assaults on shop staff a standalone offence.

    • Research
    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health

    Better reporting needed as scale of workplace harm revealed

    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2024
    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2024

    Charity calls for clear reporting protocols after report finds only 51% of global workers experiencing workplace harm reported the incident.

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    Addiction: Supporting employees with alcohol and drug issues

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 2 Oct 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 2 Oct 2024

    Kavitha Sivasubramaniam looks at how employers can identify and support staff who may be struggling with alcohol and drug addiction.

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Corporate manslaughter
    • Health and safety

    E-bike boss constructively dismissed over fire safety fears

    by Jo Faragher 13 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 13 Sep 2024

    A delivery business boss has won a case for constructive dismissal after he raised concerns about the safety of the e-bikes his company used.

    • Stress
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    Two-thirds using wrong terms to discuss suicide

    by Jo Faragher 6 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 6 Sep 2024

    Two-thirds of employees are using wrong and potentially harmful terms to discuss suicide, according to MHFA England.

    • Health and safety
    • Latest News
    • Sickness absence

    More than a fifth take injury leave without pay

    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2024
    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2024

    More than a fifth of people who had to take injury leave last year were not paid while they recovered, according to MetLife UK.

    • NHS
    • Local authorities
    • Health and safety

    Far right riots: Muslim health workers witness rise in racist abuse

    by Rob Moss 9 Aug 2024
    by Rob Moss 9 Aug 2024

    Muslim health workers have been subject to an increase in racist abuse since the start of the far right-inspired riots last week.

    • Cancer
    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety

    Silicosis: doctors call for UK ban on use of artificial stone worktops

    by Nic Paton 8 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Aug 2024

    Doctors have called for a ban on artificial stone being used for kitchen counters and worktops because of the risk...

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