Working from home has become a norm for many clients with a significant number adopting a hybrid approach post-pandemic of being in and out of the office over a typical working week. With this in mind, the responsibilities of an employer who has working from home in place are worth exploring again. When the pandemic…
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At this time of the year, we get calls from clients, website visitors and other contacts about the heat and how this links to health and safety. Is it too hot to work is a question that we have answered many times in the past and the truth is that we don’t have a limit…
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If you are running a construction site anywhere in the UK prepare for a possible visit from HSE in the next month focusing on construction dust. We suggest you take a look again at any cutting of blocks, bricks, slabs or similar material to ensure you have the correct precautions in place. Remember, water alone…
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Since 1992 we have been under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations, part of what was known as the ‘six pack’. These regulations linked into our earlier legislation regarding protecting workers health, building on the general responsibilities which employers have for their employees under the Health and Safety at Work Act. The impact for…
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The Health and Safety Executive has recently issued an update on the accident and incident data they have gathered over the past 12 months. I think all of us need something to look at which doesn’t have the word COVID throughout it so please take a look below for an insight into what else is…
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If you’re looking for a way to keep people interested, share pertinent and helpful information and educate your workforce we’d suggest a look at these data graphics. There are some good learning points present here and if you’d like to visit the original site to download a copy just click here
As we head towards autumn our schools have opened and the majority of staff have now returned to the office. We feel we are making progress and the new normal is starting to become normal for many of us. As part of this new way of working we are all looking to manage and balance…
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As clients return to their workplaces the issues of personal protection will arise and a significant number of clients will have instances where face coverings or true PPE will be required and we are now seeing large amounts of KN95 face masks. Suppliers have been quick to spot this and many new entrants have come…
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Most of us are planning and finessing our return to work risk assessments. We’ve created a Return to Work Planning Risk Map for the use of our retained clients some weeks ago and now is the time to share that with the wider community with the aim of easing everyone’s journey back to work, just…
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As we get closer to larger and more complex buildings and even shared office space coming back into use we need to think more widely on the issues of risk management. You should now review Coronavirus and HVAC. The Building Services Engineering Association have recently introduced new guidance which has been built with the help…
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