A veterinary surgeon who was sacked after she raised safety fears with her boss who said the pandemic was ‘over-hyped’ was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.
Sustainability is a high priority for big business, but what about the smaller companies that account for the majority of employment in the world? We look at the pressures on smaller businesses to prioritise the triple bottom line.
In this episode, Philip White, director of regulation at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Peter Brown, HSE’s director of engagement and policy, discuss changes in the 50 years since the Roben’s report, managing stress and mental ill health, and how the regulator kept things in proportion during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cassandra Barrow GradIOSH describes how the cloud of a COVID redundancy had a silver lining in the shape of an exciting new role at the FA, where she is embracing a broad range of OSH challenges while working to promote diversity and inclusion.
Violence at work is a huge problem with far-reaching implications, and incidence has risen in some sectors since the pandemic. How can organisations make their working environments safer for the workforce?
In the latest of our series exploring core OSH topics and your role in ensuring their risks are well managed, we focus on understanding mental health and wellbeing.
A diverse career spanning the events industry – from the Olympics and Bollywood to music festivals and motorsport – is certainly an advantage for experienced mentor Richard Bate CMIOSH.
Sofiane Bentahar’s background as a teacher and a translator – and as both an IOSH student and a training provider – has proven invaluable to his OSH career.