Four-day working weeks have hit the headlines again, with a second UK-wide pilot set to begin in November. While there is debate around whether shortening the work week is the answer, attitudes towards more flexible ways of working are changing and employers who fail to recognise this risk being left behind.
By Kerry Reals on 31 October 2024
From March 2025, many businesses in England will have to begin separating their recyclable and food waste from general waste prior to collection, but the changes will bring wider business benefits, such as reduced waste disposal costs and improved sustainability credentials.
By Adriana Olaya Rodriguez, Newell Brands on 12 November 2024
When most people think of injuries in the materials handling industry, they picture serious incidents – severe trauma or even fatalities. However, a silent issue affects far more workers every day: musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
By Kirsty Cunningham, Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks on 11 November 2024
National Grid Metering’s gas engineers are empowered to stop work at any point on safety grounds, helping the company achieve a full year without a single lost-time injury.
By Chris Cleveland on 13 April 2021
Many people will be affected by musculoskeletal problems during their working life, but there are simple steps employers can take to help them to remain in work, therefore retaining valuable members of staff.
By Karen Walker-Bone on 13 April 2021
A thorough cleaning regime is vital to reduce the spread of Covid-19 as businesses begin to reopen.
By Shaun Doak on 13 April 2021
Smartcard technology is making it easier for construction site managers to check workers have the right qualifications, training and skills to work safely and in a competent manner, says Alan O’Neile.
By Alan O’Neile on 23 March 2021
Aluminium scaffold towers can provide safe access to awkward high areas, but it’s essential they are only designed, assembled and dismantled by qualified personnel.
By Don Aers on 22 March 2021
A new charity aims to prevent deadly falls from height by encouraging research into the behavioural changes needed to make work at height safer.
By Hannah Williams on 16 March 2021
It’s No Smoking day on 10 March. What can employers do to support workers to quit?
By on 08 March 2021
Since late March 2020, the Wellcome Sanger Institute has sequenced the genetic code of the Covid-19 virus as part of the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) initiative. The data generated is helping public health bodies to track the spread of the virus and save lives.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 March 2021
Employers should be using new cost-effective technology and techniques to prevent workers suffering permanent and disabling hearing damage from exposure to loud noise at work.
By Peter Wilson, INVC on 08 February 2021
Guidance has been published to make it easier to communicate the essential messages for safe working at height to designers, clients, managers, supervisors and workers.
By Access Industry Forum on 01 March 2021
