The BSIA has published a guide to help employers understand their responsibilities towards lone workers. 
‘Lone Workers – An Employers’ Guide’ provides employers with easy-to-follow advice about British Standard BS8484 – the Code of Practice for the provision of Lone Worker Services – and what they should look for when sourcing a supplier.
Alex Carmichael, Technical Director [...]

Employers should not be able to penalise staff for using the toilet in work time, and should provide their employees with clean, modern lavatories, says the TUC this week, as it calls for a change in the law to bring workplace loos into the 21st century.
Back in 2003 when the TUC first launched its Gotta [...]

HR professionals and managers have been urged to ensure they have procedures in place to help them deal with mental and physical health and well-being in the workplace.
Dr Clare Kelliher, of Cranfield School of Management, said employees who feel safe in their working environment and who are not over-loaded with tasks are more likely to [...]

Ambitious new targets to help more people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities in the workplace, are announced today by Minister for Disabled People Jonathan Shaw.
From April this year, 2,000 people with learning disabilities and up to 1,500 people with mental health conditions will be guaranteed places on the Access to Work programme to [...]

Managers, HR staff and employers are being encouraged to provide more support for people suffering from musculoskeletal disorders.
The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance has published a charter outlining measures such as better flexible working arrangements and training of line managers to help deal with people suffering from conditions such as back pain in the workplace.
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An ambitious new strategy will halve the number of smokers, from 21 to 10 per cent of the population by 2020, Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham announced today.
The number of people smoking has fallen by a quarter in the past decade – just last year 337,000 people stopped smoking thanks to free support [...]

The TUC has welcomes the Government’s decision to formally recognise Workers’ Memorial Day. 
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
‘This special day commemorates the many thousands of people who have died as a result of their work and we’re pleased the Government has taken the step of recognising it.
‘Workers’ Memorial Day has been an important date in [...]

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More than three-quarters of employers are unaware of new legislation requiring professional drivers to take more frequent eye tests, according to research from Specsavers.
Yet as many as one in three people who drive as part of their job may have substandard vision, the opticians claim.
Recent legislation on eye tests for drivers, passed in the EU [...]