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• “Bring Your Child to Work” - Advice for Employers

  29/10/2025
  In this article, we explore the key issues employers need to consider, from legal obligations and risk management, to the benefits and potential drawbacks of having children in the workplace...

• A Guide to Managing Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Workplace

  24/01/2025
  Musculoskeletal disorders are a major cause of work-related ill health...

• Smoke-Free Regulations and Workplace Health and Safety

  31/10/2024
  It is against the law to smoke in the workplace in England...

• RAAC – What You Need to Know

  20/10/2023
  RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) dominated the news at the end of the summer, with countless schools forced to remain closed after the holidays due to safety concerns...

• Temperature in the Workplace – is it too Hot or too Cold to Work?

  10/07/2023
  Many employers and employees question whether there are rules surrounding temperature in the workplace...

• Workplace Facilities: An Employer’s Guide

  20/10/2022
  Health and safety law requires employers to provide certain welfare facilities, together with a working environment that is safe and healthy for all employees, including those with disabilities...

• Workplace Ventilation: An Employer’s Legal Duties

  13/04/2022
  All employers have a duty to ensure there is adequate ventilation throughout the enclosed areas of their workplaces...

• How to ‘Work Right’ During the Coronavirus Pandemic with Help from the HSE

  17/10/2020
  Recently launched by the Health and Safety Executive, the Work Right campaign has the goal of getting businesses thinking carefully about health and safety on an individual basis...

• Health and Safety: It’s EVERYONE’S Responsibility

  18/01/2016
  We read an interesting blog recently on the Health and Safety Executive website...

• Waste Unloading: Are Your Staff Safe?

  19/08/2015
  Companies with warehouses will generally produce significant quantities of waste, despite best efforts to create a waste-free environment...

• New figures published for workplace ill health and injury

  01/11/2012
  Figures published today show slight falls in a number of key areas of workplace ill-health and injury...

• 'Low risk' premises to receive far fewer inspections

  01/07/2011
  Unnecessary health and safety inspections of shops and offices are to be cut by a third...