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Two asbestos strikes bring £750k fine for refurb contractor
Asbestos
Two asbestos strikes bring £750k fine for refurb contractor
Mental health
PM pledges mental health policy reform for workplace equality
Two firms fined for failing to check for asbestos in basement conversion
Asbestos
Two firms fined for failing to check for asbestos in basement conversion

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Mental health
Construction contractors hold first UK-wide safety stand-down

Leading construction contractors are halting work today in support of a cross-industry initiative to improve safety, health and wellbeing across 30 organisations and 3,000 supply chain partners.
Mental health
Charity recognises builders’ positive mental health attitudes

Major construction firms were among the top performing organisations to be rewarded for promoting positive mental health at work at the charity Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Index Awards held in London last week.
Reporting
UK sick days fall to lowest on record

An estimated 137 million working days were lost to sickness or injury in the UK last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Disability
Health conditions
Working through: epilepsy
Leader interview. Cormac Gilligan, PepsiCo
Young workers
Leader interview
Cormac Gilligan, PepsiCo
Culture
Alertness
The wide-awake club

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Disability
Health conditions
Working through: multiple sclerosis 

In the second of our series we look at supporting employees with MS. 
Hazardous substances
Construction health
Insight of the summit

One year on from the Health in Construction Leadership Group’s inaugural event, the UK’s leading construction client and contractor chief executives reviewed the programme’s progress in supporting initiatives for dust management and mental health. 
Disability
Health conditions
Working through: cancer

In the first of a series we look at how to support an employee working with cancer and whether risk assessments need adjusting for the individual and those working with them. 
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Lawrence Waterman, OBE CFIOSH
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The virtues of collaboration

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President Trump’s plans to remove funding for the US agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents

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Health, Safety and Environment Executive

Type: Permanent
Disciplines: Corporate HSE, Environmental Health & Safety
Location: Fife
Salary: Competitive Salary

Burntisland Fabrications Ltd
Deputy Property Services Manager

Type: Permanent
Disciplines: Construction HSE , Corporate HSE, Service
Location: Cambridgeshire
Salary: £35,000 with excellent benefits

Heart of England Co-operative
QHSE ADVISOR

Type: Permanent
Disciplines: Corporate HSE, Quality Assurance/Systems
Location: Aberdeen
Salary: Competitive Salary

Mistras Group Limited
Health and Safety Officer

Type: Permanent
Disciplines: Environmental Health & Safety, Public Sector
Location: Kent
Salary: £30,856 rising to £32, 775 after 12 months satisfactory service

Dartford and Sevenoaks Council
Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HR16/04)

Type: Permanent
Disciplines: Occupational Health & Hygiene , Public Sector
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: £39,324 - £46,924 per annum

Staffordshire University
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