The New Health and Safety Standard
The International Organisation for Standardisation is replacing BS OHSAS with ISO 45001 as the definitive international occupational health and safety management system standard by the end of 2016.
IOSH Launches No Time to Lose Campaign
Occupational cancer is any cancer caused wholly or partly by exposure to carcinogens at work.
Employee Monitoring Policies
In December 2014, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) – a tribunal public body responsible for hearing appeals from Employment Tribunals – dismissed an employee’s claim that his privacy had been infringed by his employer and confirmed, more generally, employers’ rights to monitor workplace emails and Internet use when a clear policy is in place.
Manual Handling Assessment Proven to Work
Recent research undertaken by the HSE and the Health and Safety Laboratory (an independent agency of the HSE offering health and safety research) conclusively proves the efficacy of the HSE’s Manual Handling Assessment Tool (MAC tool).
Fire Safety During FBU strikes
During the last few months of 2014, there were intermittent strikes by firefighters in England protesting government-mandated changes to pensions and the increase of the retirement age from 55 to 60.