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Government launches new wellbeing tool
10 March 2010
The government-led Health, Work and Wellbeing initiative has launched a new “workplace wellbeing tool” to help employers evaluate the business case for improving workers’ health and wellbeing and offering advice…
Employers urged to sign up to new MSD charter
4 March 2010
Employers, policymakers and healthcare professionals must do more to help the 6.5 million people of working age suffering with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) stay in the UK workplace, according to the…
Steelmaker Corus UK in court again
3 March 2010
Steel giant Corus UK has been successfully prosecuted for safety offences
Shell worker receives £77,000 for pleural thickening
25 February 2010
A former employee of Shell Chemicals (UK) has received more than £77,000 in an out-of-court settlement after he developed a serious lung condition following asbestos exposure.
Cement factory’s emissions posed cancer risk
23 February 2010
A cement factory operator has received one of the highest ever fines for environmental offences after it admitted a series of failures that potentially put the public at increased risk…
Articles
Shedding light on optical radiation
8 March 2010
Dave Merchant tries to simplify the science behind the forthcoming Optical Radiation Regulations.
SMEs: Well advised
8 March 2010
In the first of two pieces on access to competent advice for smaller businesses, Paul Reeve looks at the best balance of in-house and external expertise.
Home cooking: designing a health and safety system
9 February 2010
Duncan Spencer argues practitioners should be more confident in serving up safety systems tailored to their organisations.
RU A D15PLY U5R?
17 January 2010
What’s the best way to apply the DSE regulations to handheld devices and mobile phones? Best not to try, says Dave Merchant.
Down to penalties
12 January 2010
The revised proposals for guidance to judges on how to set corporate manslaughter and fatality fines has polarised opinion, reports David Bergman.
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