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Articles by Becky Allen

Becky is a freelance journalist.

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 Crisis management: how to snuff out a systemic meltdown

Tuesday 29th November 2022
Managing, communicating and tackling disruptions to business are essential during these tumultuous times. What role do OSH professionals play?
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 Healthy buildings for OSH professionals

Thursday 1st September 2022
There is burgeoning interest in how the built environment shapes our health – but what makes buildings healthy, what evidence underpins them, and what role can OSH play?
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 H is for health

Friday 1st July 2022
For anyone concerned with safe and healthy working environments, the initials speak for themselves. But how have definitions of the ‘health’ part of OSH changed, and what does this mean for workplaces and OSH professionals?
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 Priorities for progress

Friday 6th March 2020
Among the long and neglected to-do list of UK policy, six areas in OSH are in need of urgent attention and legislation. This is our manifesto for systemic and lasting change.
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 Under the influence?

Tuesday 17th October 2017
Ageing working populations are characteristic of high-income nations. Unemployment among 50- to 64-year-olds in members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is half that of 25- to 49-year-olds. In 2012, 26% of the working age population in the UK was between 50 and state retirement age. That proportion will rise to 35% by 2050.
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