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.
Sellafield workers have warned that a toxic culture of bullying, sexual harassment and drug use could have dangerous consequences.
The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) is launching a new series of occupational hygiene qualifications as part of a significant...
Air filtration technologies designed to make social or work interactions safer in indoor spaces are not effective, research has suggested....
Construction firms are being urged to sign up to a mental health ‘pledge’, as research has suggested more than half...
Nearly two million workers in Great Britain reported suffering from work-related ill health during 2022-23, with work-related stress absence still...
New workplace skin health guidance seeks to equip non-clinical staff with the skills needed to help manage occupational skin disease risks.
Tribunal finds that Network Rail unfairly dismissed an employee for drinking coca tea but that claimant should receive no compensation.
Health and safety professionals need to tackle “unacceptably high” numbers of work-related deaths, the new president of IOSH has said.
The deafening noise of wailing sirens puts emergency services’ workers at the highest risk of hearing loss, research has suggested,...
A campaign has been launched to encourage people working in noisy night-time environments to get checked regularly for hearing loss.
A coalition of trade unions have called on major political parties to remove asbestos from public buildings within 40 years.
There are significant variations in maternity pay across fire and rescue services in the UK.
The political furore over crumbling concrete in schools and hospitals has led to fears that putting things right could in...
Pret a Manger fined £800,000 after a worker trapped in a walk-in freezer in London for two and a half hours.
Mitigating health and safety risks within food and drink manufacturing can be as much down to shifting mindsets as adjusting procedures.
