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Richard Jones, MSc CFIOSH FRSH MCIPR PIEMA, head of policy and regulatory engagement, IOSH. 
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 Spring budget and occupational health

Friday 17th March 2023
Richard Jones CFIOSH, comments on the occupational health aspects of the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's first budget statement.
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 Health and safety regulations at risk under draft law

Monday 13th March 2023
A proposed new law aims to revoke EU-derived legislation, including life-saving protections, by December 2023, unless specifically kept or replaced – Richard Jones CFIOSH explains how OSH practitioners can get involved.
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 ISO 45001 – five years on

Friday 10th March 2023
The five-year anniversary of ISO 45001: 2018, the first truly international OSH management system standard, is an ideal opportunity to reflect on its impact and plan for a climate-affected future, writes Richard Jones CFIOSH.
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 EU retained bill: governments must close gaps, not open them

Thursday 16th February 2023
Former head of policy at IOSH, Richard Jones CFIOSH, reflects on deregulatory initiatives of this decade, argues that socioeconomic challenges should instead lead to raised OSH standards, as good regulation can benefit all.
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 COP27, climate change and OSH

Tuesday 8th November 2022
As COP27 seeks urgent answers, climate change increasingly threatens worker health, with the hottest seven years on record and current policies that could lead to a 2.4-3.5 degrees centigrade increase by 2100, according to The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels (2022).
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 Better regulatory fabric for factories

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Public policy, codes and accords should be better used to protect factory workers worldwide from Leicester to Lahore; so argues Richard Jones CFIOSH, commenting on new research reports, as the ILO recognises OSH as a fundamental right.
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 New routes to reforming the Coroner Service

Monday 13th June 2022
Prevention of future deaths on the scale of the Grenfell Tower fire requires cross-disciplinary liaison between regulatory bodies and the Coroner Service, writes Richard Jones CFIOSH.
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 Supporting smoke-free work and a sustainable world

Tuesday 31st May 2022
World No Tobacco Day saw thousands of organisations promote smoke-free work and its many benefits across the globe.
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 World Health Day: a date with due diligence

Thursday 7th April 2022
Richard Jones CFIOSH, former head of policy at IOSH, on how April 7 is a prompt to encourage investment in decent work and social sustainability.
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 Forced labour risk in supply chains during the pandemic

Tuesday 8th February 2022
Has the Covid-19 pandemic increased the risk of worker exploitation in your sector? Evidence suggests it has.
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