Management

An international research project is developing human-centred safety performance indicators that could be used to improve safety across different industries. 

Covid disruption, wide scale furloughing of workers and a 10% reduction in weekly hours worked has been accompanied by a 28% year-on-year increase in the number of work-related fatal accidents, according to Great Britain’s annual fatality statistics.

A recent article on accident investigation prompted an interesting debate. IOSH thought leadership manager Chris Jerman CFIOSH attempts to expand that debate further with his views on investigation techniques.

Employers need to place greater onus on competencies linked to empathy and compassion when recruiting line managers so they can manage staff more effectively, according to a new report from Business in the Community (BITC).

Two OSH regulatory lawyers explain the key provisions of the new Building Safety Bill in England.

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) is calling on employers to introduce company-wide fatigue risk management strategies to combat the problem after its report found around a quarter to almost a third of drivers surveyed had admitted to having fallen asleep while driving at least once in the past year.

Mary Ogungbeje, research manager at IOSH, on widespread presenteeism among home-workers eager to prove their productivity.

Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher becomes chief executive of IOSH on 1 August. We spoke with her about the plans to take IOSH forward.

Four industry leaders explain the OSH human capital implications for business set out in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The ship-recycling industry has long been under pressure to reform health and safety. Now, it seems that slow progress is finally being made to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries.