Planning

Adapting your OSH programme to address a changing climate

If businesses are like football clubs, then COVID-19 has just moved the goalposts. Duncan Spencer CFIOSH asks how firms should change their playing style to avoid relegation.

KOSHA president Dr Dooyong Park reveals how the lessons South Korea learned from previous disease outbreaks meant the country was fighting fit.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is carrying out spot checks on businesses that have reopened since the UK went into lockdown.

The Working Time Directive has been amended to provide workers the ability to carry holiday forward

As economies, organisations and workers strive to recover from the downturn caused by the public health crisis of COVID-19, there are calls for long-term investment, prevention plans and to revitalise and ‘build back better’, writes Richard Jones, head of policy and regulatory engagement.

Key milestones that transformed the world of safety and health

The OSH profession is well placed to respond to the powerful global forces impacting on the workplace. We hear from some of IOSH’s key players about how the institution is equipping the profession for a dynamic future.

Whether returning to work feels like the 'baby steps' suggested by UK prime minister Boris Johnson or a huge and daunting task, easing of the lockdown has now begun.

Richard Jones, IOSH's head of policy, explores the role of OSH professionals in helping prevent the spread of communicable diseases worldwide.