Strategy

We look at a proactive HSE prosecution case that combined the instincts of a tenacious HSE inspector with the technical knowledge of one of her colleagues to hold a LEV examination and testing company to account.

OSH is not always top of the boardroom agenda. We explore how you can influence business leaders’ commercial decisions to get them on board with positive health and safety from the outset.

Managing, communicating and tackling disruptions to business are essential during these tumultuous times. What role do OSH professionals play?

IOSH has written to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to urge him to reverse the decision made by his predecessor Liz Truss to exempt about 40,000 businesses from reporting requirements.

The rapid development of algorithms as a technological tool has created new opportunities for automating work processes and management functions, enabling workers to be managed remotely.

In the first part of this two-part series, Paul Verrico CMIOSH and Sarah Valentine set out a new safety theory that uses a ‘story’ to illustrate the need for rest, observation, planning and empowerment (ROPE).

Guidance on UKCA marks post-Brexit were recently updated by the Office for Product Safety and Standards for clarity.

The Isle of Man government has brought into force the island’s first legal powers to reduce asbestos exposure in the workplace.

A series of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests made by the trade union Unite (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/august/frightening-drop-in-construction-safety-inspections-exposed/) has highlighted a significant decline in the number of ‘proactive’ inspections that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has made in the construction sector since 2013/14.

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.