Regulation/enforcement

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.

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

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has outlined the accepted good governance principles that should underpin sanctioning procedures for occupational safety and health (OSH) violations. 

Brexit is now a legally enforced reality shaping the UK’s trading relationship with the EU and the rest of the world. But to what extent could it also affect the future development of legislation on health and safety?

The roll-out of vaccines doesn’t make the return to the workplace any easier – it actually creates more headaches for employers.

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a national emphasis programme focusing enforcement efforts on companies that put the largest number of workers at serious risk of contracting the coronavirus.

The EU Commission has issued three new amendments to REACH and an updated edition of radiation guidance has been published.

Regulatory lawyer Rhian Greaves gives her take on last week's Work and Pensions Select Committee hearing on COVID safety in the workplace, in which unions and MPs questioned HSE leaders on its response to the pandemic.

Unions and HSE leaders clashed over the enforcement of COVID guidance at work last week – IOSH magazine was there to report on it.

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.