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.
Guidance designed to help organisations connect employee health to sustainabilty goals has been published.
Mercedes Formula One team health and safety chief Stuart Hughes has been named the next IOSH president-elect.
A startup is to develop and test a fatigue detection tool that could minimise health and safety incidents among shift workers.
Settlements for workplace injury and disease have halved, despite a sharp increase in work-related ill health.
Construction sites could be inspected by the HSE as part of a campaign to raise awareness of health and safety issues.
Employers are being urged to recognise the dangers of driver dehydration, which can cause accidents at any time of year.
A worker who was injured in a practical joke cannot take his appeal any further, Supreme Court rules.
The vast majority of employees are relaxed about alcohol and drug testing and by their employer, a survey has suggested.
Guidance from Acas outlines where suspension is necessary, as well as some alternatives HR can consider.
Naz Dossa looks at how personal safety is an issue that affects more than just vulnerable or frontline staff.
A third of lone workers (33%) feel their organisation prioritises deadlines and financial targets over worker safety, a survey has...
With more 30c+ temperatures across the UK and Mediterranean-type summers set to become the norm, employment lawyer Clare Davis, looks at some of the quandaries faced by employers over heatwaves
With temperatures across the UK set to climb this week, employers are advised to be flexible and promote sensible behaviours.
Court orders Dyson to pay £1.2 million fine for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act following accident.
Since April 2022 employers have had to ensure there is no difference in the way personal protective equipment is provided to employees and limb (b) workers.
