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
Employers need to provide workers with effective hand protection solutions when doing manual handling.
By Gregory Tessier on 01 May 2019
Logistics managers are urged to seek total clarity in forklift safety examinations, after it was revealed that lift trucks are involved in 50 per cent more serious accidents than large good vehicles.
By Geoff Martin, CFTS on 01 May 2019
The British Safety Council brought together workplace wellbeing experts to review wellbeing concepts and practice.
By on 01 May 2019
Data can be daunting, but not for Professor Andrew Curran, heading up the Discovering Safety project. He tells us about the power of unlocking health and safety data.
By Andrew Curran on 01 April 2019
Building on the experience of his challenging personal and professional journey and mental ill health, Jack Parsons decided to create Big Youth Group, a company that opens the door to employment for young people.
By on 01 April 2019
Recent research by HSE found that 3D printers emit many particles of a size range that could potentially enter the airways and lungs. How can we control these emissions and develop the right respiratory protection for an invention that is expected to boom over the next decade?
By Steve Burrows on 01 April 2019
Nigeria needs a welcoming environment to encourage both local and foreign investors to participate in the economy. Occupational health and safety awareness is one of its key enablers.
By Ronke Adeagbo, British Safety Council on 01 April 2019
Our campaign Time to Breathe, to be launched on 12 March, is looking to draw the attention of employers, policy makers and regulators to start taking seriously the risk of air pollution to the health of outdoor workers. We also offer Canairy, an innovative new mobile app, to help.
By on 01 March 2019
Wearable technologies are shaking up how we move, respond to and pre-empt the risks around us. No longer a simple hard hat and yellow jacket, the new breed of safety wear can give us virtual instructions, alert us to hazards and detect fatigue. Perhaps, as Ruby Wax predicted at last year’s Safety Expo, cortisol monitors will one day alert us to stress levels to prevent illness. In the meantime, this top-five list is based on new and influential technologies. Think of it as a fashion forecast for the safety professional.
By on 01 March 2019
As the Brexit story unfolds, more details will be known about future occupational safety and health regulations. It is therefore likely that some of the issues still uncertain at the time this magazine goes to press will be clearer in just a few days, when these pages reach you. Or not. Because if something we have learned through the Brexit process is that deferments and new scenarios have found a fertile territory in the public debate after 23 June 2016. Iris Cepero
By on 01 March 2019
