With huge leaps in the reduction of accidents at work due to safety regulations, Mark Preston asks the question, what about health? It still surprises me that health and safety within the UK […]

Claudia Calder So why benchmark? This normally is driven by the desire for change. Change can be driven by competition, cost and by people. In an increasingly globalized, challenging marketplace [...]

There’s a new school of thought emerging that will advance the principles of health and safety integration. Report by Robert Dill. At a time when many employers are questioning their […]

And when your company can be fined out of existence. Mark Preston summarises the new sentencing guidelines The health and safety industry is bracing itself for new sentencing guidelines that […]

How to develop an effective safety management system by Mark Preston Despite this many organisations still fail to adequately document their system or develop systems that are so complicated [...]

Health and safety requires a long-term approach that sometimes conflicts with the short-term needs of both employer and employee. Stefan Imjker thinks he has the answer A recent survey of […]

One person can champion health and well-being at work but with a wellness team behind them they can make it happen. Judi Ulrey explains how. Let’s start by considering the […]

Not to be confused with teleporting, the telecommuting age has arrived. Jon Paulsen looks at the opportunities and challenges of working from home. Telecommuting, once exotic and unusual, looks [...]

Poppy Jaman explains why mental health is a growing issue for employers and describes how one big organisation is doing something about it. One in six UK employees will experience […]

A new ISO standard, ISO 45001, on occupational health and safety management systems is expected to be available towards the end of 2016 and will replace OHSAS 18001. Organisations will […]