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.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) unveiled a new health and safety strategy in June, with a call for employers...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will launch a new strategy tomorrow aimed at reinvigorating the UK workforce to prevent...
Defusing potentially violent situations in the workplace is something that all employers need to be prepared for. Phil Boucher talks...
Swine flu is here in the UK, and no-one is sure how widely it will spread, and how severely it will strike.There were three flu...
Imposing travel bans or quarantines to protect employees from a swine flu pandemic could land HR in serious legal trouble...
A new fund to help the Scottish NHS tackle aggression and violence against staff has been launched in response to...
London’s small businesses have joined forces to support a campaign aimed at preventing deaths and injuries in the workplace.Seven of...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued an “improvement notice” against an NHS trust for failings surrounding its management...
An electrical firm has been fined a total of £50,000 after a subcontractor was electrocuted and left unconscious.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has ordered an NHS Trust to improve its stress management practices.The HSE issued an...
Unison wins compensation for electrocuted worker
Health workers’ union Unison has won compensation for an employee who was blinded and...
Company directors do not need more health and safety legal restrictions placed on them, according to manufacturers’ body the EEF.An...
More than 200 people were killed at work in the 12 months to April 2008, official figures revealed today.The Health...
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shadow work and pensions secretary of state Chris Grayling speaks exclusively to Personnel Today about...
NHS Direct has teamed up with Accor Services to provide eyecare vouchers across all ten of its regions. The scheme is...
