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 Top 10 tips for unlocking the 'new normal'

Tuesday 12th October 2021
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.
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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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 AI in OSH: the smart move

Monday 1st March 2021
AI will leave its mark on every aspect of our lives, but is this cause for alarm or celebration? The tech may keep workers safe, but is it a danger to privacy and consent?
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 Brexit: a level playing field?

Thursday 18th February 2021
Thanks to Brexit, none of the EU's Regulations, Decisions or Directives apply to Great Britain anymore. But how much has really changed? Cedrec's Neil Howe answers your questions.
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 National Grid fined £4m for handing over incomplete gas records

Friday 12th February 2021
National Grid has been hit with the penalty for passing on incomplete records when it sold its gas distribution networks five years ago.
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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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 Crash course: chemical safety legislation and key changes in 2021

Tuesday 26th January 2021
This webinar provides a solid foundation of UK chemical safety legislation and the key legislative changes following Brexit. It is aimed at downstream users of substances.
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 Proportionality - a synoptic view

Wednesday 13th January 2021
Laurence Ball-King GradIOSH discusses what is hindering proportionality in occupational safety and health.
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 The dangers of poor imitations

Tuesday 12th January 2021
‘Copy and paste’ methodologies, standards, legislation and guidance are too often in use in developing countries – it’s time to challenge this, writes Dr Nnedinma Umeokafor.
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 Brexit: an update on key changes

Friday 8th January 2021
Following the end of the transition period, the UK has formally left the EU. We look at the rules and procedures that have changed.
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