In today's fast-paced business landscape, the connection between health and safety and overall profitability has become increasingly evident. Prioritising the well-being of your employees, customers, and stakeholders not only aligns with ethical responsibilities but also provides other significant f…
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How Health and Safety Can Increase Profitability: A Comprehensive Guide
How health and safety has changed since the last coronation
Since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (which took place in 1953) there have been significant advancements in health and safety practices and regulations in various sectors, including:
Workplace safety: In the UK, the Health and Safety at Work Act was introduced in 1974, which sets out the…
How to safely use a laptop in public places
Using a laptop in public places such as coffee shops, libraries, or even train stations can be a great way to stay productive on the go. However, there are some safety precautions you should take when using your laptop in these environments. These tips will help ensure your safety and security w…
Top 10 Workplace Christmas Safety Tips
With just ten days to go until Christmas, here are some key tips for employers and employees to keep their workplaces safe, ready for the Christmas holidays.
Face fit testing - what you need to know
Ill-fitting clothing is unflattering. Ill-fitting shoes are uncomfortable and ill-fitting protective equipment is unfit for purpose and therefore unsafe. This fact is recognized in law.
For example, the law requires that almost all protective masks be face-fit tested to ensure that they provide e…
Health and safety & security threats in retail businesses and how to remedy them
Health and safety and security threats are often either the same or very closely related. This means that by practicing good health and safety, you will often improve your security - and vice versa. Here are some tips to help.
Conduct regular assessments of your premises
Risk assessments are m…
Common office health and safety risks and how to avoid them
Even though the average office is a whole lot safer than say, the average construction site, there are still a fair number of health and safety risks that need to be managed. Here are some of the most common and how to avoid them.
Slips, trips, and falls
These tend to be the number one health …
What is a 'Competent Person' and does my business need one?
Even the smallest businesses have the legal responsibility to manage health and safety at work and are mandated to appoint a competent person to take ownership of fulfilling this obligation.
The definition of a competent person
A competent person does not have to be a qualified and dedicated h…
Health > safety: how to improve workplace wellbeing
Modern day employees can receive training for site safety, fire safety, construction safety, food safety, and a million subjects besides. In short, safety is a pretty tightly controlled and well understood discipline. Yet many of the industries where health & safety training and protocols are most p…
New Design Innovations in Disposable Respirators
Respiratory innovation is happening but in baby steps. Personal protective equipment is traditionally a low innovation area, but new advances in technology in the area of materials, fabrics and overall design have dramatically improved worker protection and user comfort. Disposable respirators have …
6 Easy Ways to Reduce VOC Exposure in the Workplace
What are VOCs?
VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are a family of chemicals that readily evaporate and turn into gases and vapour. Put simply, this means they give off odorous fumes and increase the concentration of potentially harmful chemicals in the air.
And in the modern age, they can be…
On the lookout for occupational asthma
People who develop asthma because of the type of work they do have what's known as occupational asthma. It's actually referred to as adult-onset asthma and accounts for up to 15% of asthma cases in adults. What's more, it's believed that in certain industries, as many as 10% of workers develop o…
11 ways to boost your health and safety culture
Promoting a strong health and safety (H&S) culture is not rocket science, but it takes time, effort and resources!
The overall culture in a company has a tremendous effect on the health and safety performance of employees. Culture is a notoriously tricky concept to pin down and fully unders…
Are you taking safety seriously or do you continue to gamble with your employees' lives?
Unfortunately, there are still a high percentage of employers who don't take safety seriously enough and are yet to embrace and appreciate the importance of occupational safety.
There is also by some a belief that providing a safe working environment is too expensive, they cannot justify the …
What employers need to know about workplace temperature
Now that the nights are drawing in and we’re all starting to think about turning the central heating on, the subject of workplace temperature becomes ever more important.
The relevant laws that govern indoor workplace temperature are set out by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Reg…
Dos and don’ts for working at height
Workplace injuries can pose very real dangers in our daily jobs, particularly when the task involves working high up on a building or other structure. Safety statistics make for grim reading, with accidents on building sites responsible for more than their proportionate share of all fatal injuries a…
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