One construction worker in three has never checked a site construction register before starting work according to new research commissioned by IOSH. An Opinium survey of 500 workers found that 32% of ...Read More
Asbestos training If you do work that might disturb asbestos materials, you are legally required to have the right information, instruction and training. There are three levels of asbestos training av...Read More
28 June 2016 A construction company has been fined £550,000 for the corporate manslaughter of two men who fell through a roadside hoarding and into a site in Euston, north London. Monavon Constructio...Read More
The Duty to Manage asbestos is aimed towards those who manage non-domestic premises. These are the people with responsibility for protecting others who work in such premises (or use them in other ways...Read More
Identify the hazards Decide who might be harmed and how Evaluate the risks and decide on precaution Record your findings and implement them Review your assessment and update if necessary If you work i...Read More
Blowing the whistle’ or ‘whistleblowing’.means that if an employee believes there is wrongdoing in their workplace, ie their employer is committing a criminal offence (this may include, for exam...Read More
The National Living Wage (NLW) has been introduced today (1 April 2016). It is £7.20 per hour and applies to all those aged 25 years and above. It is timely therefore, to remind ourselves of the acti...Read More
Employers are being warned against ‘snooping’ on staff, despite the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that an organisation that read a worker’s personal messages sent while he was...Read More
Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to extend shared parental leave and pay to working grandparents. The Government intends to bring forward legislation to enable it to introduce a more flex...Read More
The HSE now operates a Fee for Intervention (FFI) cost recovery scheme, which came into effect on 1 October 2012. Under The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012, those who break health and safety...Read More
