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.
A parliamentary inquiry investigating the impact that silicosis has on construction workers has been launched.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on...
Deaths from mesothelioma reached 2,523 in 2017, largely as a consequence of occupational asbestos exposure before the risks were known,...
Ambient air pollution should be treated as an occupational health hazard and outdoor workers should receive better protections, according to...
Barratt Developments recently announced it would introduce randomised drug and alcohol testing for staff to combat increased risks...
Employers have been urged to ensure that the health and safety of their workforce is a priority as fatal work-related...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has urged organisations to review their health surveillance programmes for workers who have a...
This case study concerns an individual suffering wrist pain at work. Michael Bowles and Anne Harriss demonstrate the use of...
The number of older people in the workforce is increasing and with it the risks related to older workers and...
The Health and Safety Executive’s new strategy for the workplace promises to give health the same priority as safety, but...
New guidance on workplace dress codes will be published by the Government, but
Fatalities in the workplace are a challenge for HR and the stakes are high with the potential for criminal charges,...
Businesses that require first-aid training will from this month be free to choose their own training provider, under reforms being...
The mandatory reporting of workplace injuries is set to be made clearer for businesses under changes proposed by the Health...
Official statistics have shown a reduction in the number of workers killed in Britain last year.Provisional data published by the...
Local authorities are to be “banned” from carrying out “unnecessary” health and safety inspections under a new code, the Government...
