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 ‘OSH-washing’ safety data

Thursday 2nd March 2023
As greenwashing continues to undermine progress on sustainability, we explore whether ‘OSH-washing’ is an equally concerning issue.
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 PIRC warns safety risks go unreported in workplace safety disclosures review of PLCs

Tuesday 7th June 2022
Companies are deliberately choosing not to report all of their safety breaches and fines, so risks to safety are not being picked up by shareholders and other stakeholders, a review of workforce safety disclosures from publicly listed companies (PLCs) has found.
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 The growth of EHS software

Monday 1st November 2021
The demand to record safety at all stages of a project’s progress is fuelling strong growth in EHS software that creates a ‘data ecosystem’.
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 No jab, no job: health and safety versus civil liberties

Thursday 11th March 2021
No jab, no job – easy to say but a minefield to navigate. As the NHS programme rolls impressively on, thoughts turn to how useful vaccine protection might be.
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 Sentencing guideline: five years on

Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Following the implementation of The Sentencing Council's Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety & Hygiene Offences Definitive Guideline, on 1 February 2016, the average fine handed out by courts increased from just over £54,000 in 2015-16, the year before the guidelines were introduced, to over £150,000 in 2018-19.
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 Talking shop: more than metrics

Wednesday 13th January 2021
Four industry experts turn traditional performance reporting on its head and suggest new ways to influence senior leader engagement.
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A leading lawyer clarifies the position after questions were raised as to how employers, already under pressure from the effects of the pandemic, should interpret reporting requirements.

 COVID-19: updated reporting guidance for employers

Tuesday 10th November 2020
A leading lawyer clarifies the position after questions were raised as to how employers, already under pressure from the effects of the pandemic, should interpret reporting requirements.
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 COVID spot checks ramp up for the HSE

Monday 6th July 2020
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is carrying out spot checks on businesses that have reopened since the UK went into lockdown.
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HSE stats lowest on record

 HSE stats reveal lowest fatality rate on record

Friday 3rd July 2020
A total of 111 individuals lost their lives at work in the 12 months ending 31 March 2020, the lowest ever recorded number of workplace fatal accidents.
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 COVID confidential

Monday 15th June 2020
Catherine Baker, director of CIRAS, explains the purpose of confidential reporting and how it leads to better decisions.
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