Now is the Time to Tear Down the Silos

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 […]

Plan. Do. Check. Act

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 [...]

Let’s Take it Easy and do More

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 […]

Put a Wellness Team Together

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 […]

The Future is Now

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 [...]

ISO 45001 replacing OHSAS 18001

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 […]

European Safety Week

This years European safety for safety and health at work week runs from 19th to 25th October. This year the theme is ‘Workplace stress and psychosocial risks’. This is the […]