Health & Safety Executive
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.
HSE finds staff the main health and safety motivator for firms
The biggest motivator for employers to fulfil their health and safety obligations is the benefits to workplace morale and productivity, according to research by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Scaffolding firm fined over worker deaths
A scaffolding firm has been fined £30,000 following the death of one of its workers.
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Sky opens communications channels to discuss health and safety
Employees get chance to air views on health and safety at broadcaster Sky.
English-only guides put migrants at risk
Migrant workers could be missing out on crucial health and safety training because their employers only provide them with safety...
Back care advice team wins NHS national award
An Isle of Wight team providing advice on back care has won the top award in a national competition aimed...
HSE issues warning over bogus health firm scam
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today urged businesses across the UK to ignore all correspondence from a firm calling...
Director accountability a step closer as Bill reaches Parliament
The campaign for tougher laws to prevent workplace death and injury and to hold company directors to account for negligent...
Companies fined over death of employee
Engineer died despite risk being well known and well understood
HSE and TUC team up to break down language barriers
Concern that migrant workers could be missing out on crucial health and safety training because employers are not providing material...
How to achieve ‘stress busting’
FirstAssist implemented Health and Safety Executive guidelines to improve employees' wellbeing. Alex Blyth reports
Rising death rate puts corporate killing law back on agenda
The rise in deaths at work reported by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has prompted renewed calls for legislation...
Six per cent rise in health and safety prosecutions
Health and safety prosecutions rose 6 per cent to 982 last year, according to the Health & Safety Executive’s annual...
HSE penalty report launched today
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) launched its fifth annual Health and Safety Offences and Penalties Report today. As well...
HSE launches online slip risk assessment tool
A new online Slips Assessment Tool (SAT) that evaluates potential risks to workers and others from slipping hazards in the workplace...
Macho culture undermines health of police officers
The macho culture in the Police Service is forcing officers to push themselves too hard and undermining health and safety,...
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