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.
Professor Stavroula Leka has been appointed as the new director of the Centre for Organisational Health & Well-being at Lancaster University.
NHS hospitals in England have reported 456 sewage leaks in the past 12 months, according to figures released by the Liberal Democrats.
Government plans to ‘sunset’ rafts of European Union-derived laws by the end of the year could mean the loss of asbestos health and safety regulations,
The chief medical officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, has called for workplaces to be monitored for indoor air pollutants.
A former soldier who suffered hearing loss following an explosion has been awarded a six-figure sum in compensation.
Often, the best way of reducing work-related illness or injury is making it difficult for employees to injure themselves in...
Health and safety leaders have called on the government to scrap what it has termed the “arbitrary deadlines” of its...
Many NHS buildings, including many hospitals, remain riddled with asbestos, a survey has concluded.
Many chefs still see pain as 'a medal of honour', a study has suggested, including deliberate burnings, physical abuse and bullying.
A health and safety lawyer has developed the ROPE acronym, bringing the topic to life with comparisons to mountaineering.
Trade unions are set to work with a leading cancer expert to study the exposure of women in their late-40s...
Staff at a maternity unit at Basildon Hospital in Essex were exposed to almost 30 times the legal workplace exposure...
Toxic contaminants in fires can be directly linked to increased rates of cancer and mental health issues among firefighters, research has suggested.
A stone mason who contracted silicosis after allegedly being exposed to dust while working on Elgin Cathedral in Scotland has accepted a £3.5m compensation settlement.
Plans to scrap swathes of European Union-derived health and safety regulations risk increasing accidents and work-related ill health, it has been warned.
