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ISO 45003, the first global standard on managing psychological health and safety at work, has arrived and, following the untold damage to workforce mental health and wellbeing post-pandemic, its publication is significant.

In a new series exploring core OSH topics and your role in ensuring their risks are well managed, we look at working at height.

Our panel will outline three lessons they’ve learned about engaging the senior management team.

The environmental and human impacts of shipbreaking are significant – it's one of the most dangerous industries in the world. Thanks to Covid, thousands of large, unwanted ships are being sailed to South Asia coastlines and dismantled using blowtorches, usually with a minimum of PPE, training or safety protocols. The ship-recycling industry has long been under pressure to reform health and safety – it has killed more than 400 workers in the past decade. We look at what OSH practitioners can do to raise awareness.

Seeing our members through one of the profession’s most challenging years has driven us at IOSH. Here’s how you’ve been engaging with us over the last 12 months and more.

In episode 6 we discuss lone workers with Don Cameron, CEO of StaySafe – including the grey areas in legislation and how advice on keeping lone workers safe differs internationally.

Free webinar: How to move from gut feelings to accurate safety decisions that add value to your organisation.

As vaccines are rolled out and thoughts turn to going back to the workplace, how should OSH professionals use their influence to manage the difficulties to come?

IOSH’s Human Capital campaign will aim to put social responsibility at the heart of sustainability measures. Here are the headline results from its first survey.

12 top tips based on the common mistakes we see employers make when compiling risk assessments.