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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.


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    Weekly dilemma: Health and safety reporting changes

    by Personnel Today 7 Sep 2011
    by Personnel Today 7 Sep 2011

    My company currently informs the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) if a member of staff sustains an injury in the...

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    HSE reports increase in worker fatalities

    by Personnel Today 30 Jul 2011
    by Personnel Today 30 Jul 2011

    The number of workers killed in Britain last year has increased, according to the latest statistics released by the Health...

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    HSE announces changes to incident reporting process

    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2011
    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2011

    Major changes to how businesses report fatal and major accidents, incidents and injuries are due to be implemented from September,...

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    Budget cuts spark fears over reduction in safety inspections

    by Personnel Today 29 Mar 2011
    by Personnel Today 29 Mar 2011

    Government budgetary cuts could force the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to slash unannounced workplace safety inspector visits by up...

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    Are fit notes working?

    by Personnel Today 2 Mar 2011
    by Personnel Today 2 Mar 2011

    Introduced to considerable fanfare last year, fit notes were intended to reduce the number of people on long-term sickness absence...

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    Snow: A guide for employers on pay, leave, safety and employee rights during severe weather

    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2010
    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2010

    Snow, ice and extreme temperatures continue to plunge the UK into chaos, meaning that HR and employers have more people-related...

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    How an EAP helps tackle mental ill health at work

    by Sally O' Reilly 8 Oct 2010
    by Sally O' Reilly 8 Oct 2010

    Figures from the charity Mind suggest that one in four people in the UK is diagnosed with a mental illness...

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    Fatalities at work fall to record low, but HSE warns against complacency

    by Personnel Today 2 Jul 2010
    by Personnel Today 2 Jul 2010

    The number of people killed at work in the UK last year declined to a record low, although the number...

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    Review of health and safety law and the compensation culture

    by Personnel Today 30 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 30 Jun 2010

    David Cameron has asked former Cabinet minister Lord Young to undertake a review of the operation of health and safety...

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    Hands Up for Hand Hygiene

    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2010
    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2010

    Deb has produced a suite of new educational posters to highlight the importance of adopting good hand hygiene practices in...

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    Shell fined for ‘totally avoidable’ accident

    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined Shell and two of its contractors after a refinery accident left a...

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    Making the case for ‘good jobs’ is vital

    by Personnel Today 25 Nov 2009
    by Personnel Today 25 Nov 2009

    Gordon Brown once argued that the UK should aim for both full and fulfilling employment. Implicit in this aspiration is...

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    Work Foundation calls for government help on improving working conditions

    by Helen Gilbert 23 Nov 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 23 Nov 2009

    Employers have called on the government to create a centralised body that will work with them to tackle many of...

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    Workplace deaths and injuries in the UK fall over past year

    by Mike Berry 29 Oct 2009
    by Mike Berry 29 Oct 2009

    The number of people killed or injured at work over the past year has fallen, according to official statistics.Figures released...

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    Health and Safety Executive cannot cope with workload

    by Kat Baker 13 Jul 2009
    by Kat Baker 13 Jul 2009

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not have sufficient resources to investigate its current case-load, a government investigation has...

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