IOSH report sets out roadmap to ‘Fixing sick Britain’

A recent report from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) sets out a plan for healthier, more productive workplaces. IOSH’s Fixing sick Britain whitepaper draws on the expertise of the UK’s foremost occupational health organisations and experts to address how to get people back to work by applying good occupational health and...

National Workplace Day of Remembrance remembers lives lost at work

Thursday 12th December marks the UK National Workplace Day of Remembrance. The annual awareness day was first established in 2019 to remember all those who have lost their lives at work, across all industries and job roles. The organisers urge people to mark the National Workplace Day of Remembrance by observing a minute’s silence...

New protections from workplace sexual harassment are in force

Workers in the UK are now afforded new protections from sexual harassment in the workplace, with employers required to create a safe working environment. A new duty under the Equality Act 2010 has come into force which requires all employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees, including by third...