IOSH warning over Government rush to implement Löfstedt
In its official response to the LÖfstedt Review of health and safety in the UK the leading...
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IOSH supports health and safety advice line for SMEs
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has given its backing to the Anderson Review which suggested there be a ‘one stop shop’ for advice on health and safety and employment law.Under the...
Read MoreHealth and Safety Offences Act hailed as ‘deterrent’
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has called the introduction of the Health and Safety Offences Act "a momentous day for health and safety in the workplace". Under the act, brought into force...
Read MoreEmployers warned to keep staff healthy in 2009
Employers are being encouraged to start 2009 with a resolution to keep their staff healthy. That is the advice issued by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), which has suggested that employers should look to...
Read MoreEmployees ‘reluctant to blow the whistle on health and safety breaches’
The majority of UK workers would be reluctant to blow the whistle on their employer if they were in breach of health and safety regulations, new research shows.According to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health...
Read MoreIOSH releases workplace accidents guide
The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has launched a new guide designed to help employers learn from workplace accidents and prevent reoccurrences.Examining both serious accidents and deaths at work, the...
Read MoreMEPs back health and safety campaign
Three MEPs have given their backing to a new campaign designed to reduce the number of accidents and injuries involving young people at work.The Putting Young Workers First campaign, run by the Institution of Occupational Safety...
Read MoreHealth and safety accreditation support ‘a welcome move’
A government announcement in support of the accreditation of health and safety professionals with proper experience and qualifications has been welcomed by one industry body.Completed recently, a work and pensions Commons select...
Read MoreDo not skimp on health and safety, firms warned
Companies have been advised not to cut back on their health and safety expenditure in the face of worsening economic conditions.According to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), skimping on safety could have...
Read MoreMP calls for new health and safety training
An MP has made a plea to reduce the number of young people killed in workplace accidents through the integration of health and safety courses into the National Curriculum.During a recent event at the House of Commons, which is...
Read MoreIOSH warns against ‘Royle effect’
In a bid to improve the health and safety of UK workers, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has warned against the so-called ‘Royle effect’.The results of a poll by the Men’s Health Forum...
Read MoreProactive health and safety ‘is profitable’
Not only can adopting a proactive approach to health and safety lower accident rates, it can also help firms to become more profitable.That is the conclusion of research recently conducted by academics at Loughborough University...
Read MoreIOSH calls on employers to improve men’s health
In support of Men’s Health Week, which is running from June 9th-15th, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is calling on employers to improve the health of male employees.This year, Men’s Health...
Read MoreBosses ‘fail to prioritise worker safety’
Bosses are putting other business concerns ahead of worker safety, according to a survey of employees carried out by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Just seven per cent of those surveyed said that they...
Read MoreWorker health report ‘should go further’
While a recent report concerning worker health contains many positive aspects, it should have gone further in terms of focusing on the prevention of ill-health, an industry body has said.According to the Institution of...
Read MoreFirms that see health and safety as a burden ‘lack understanding’
Companies that view health and safety as a burden either lack understanding about the issue or are "not doing it right", an industry body has said.Speaking during the Institution of Occupational Safety and...
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