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Employee complaint uncovered asbestos exposure

Jocelyn Dorrell | Prosecutions and Claims | 28.11.2008

Revised ELCI guide published

Jocelyn Dorrell | News | HSP | 07.10.2008

Getting safety right on a multi-occupancy site

Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 07.03.2008

In a multi-occupancy site, individual employers need to work with each other, as well as with landlords and contractors, so that everyone knows exactly who is responsible for what and where. Without this, hazards can too easily slip through the net until something goes wrong or someone gets hurt. Where do your safety duties begin and end? Lucie Ponting finds out.

When things go wrong - health and safety sentencing

Howard Fidderman | Features | HSB | 27.02.2008

Nine years after the Court of Appeal concluded that fines for health and safety offences were too low, how have the courts been sentencing employers convicted of health and safety crimes? And what will be the impact of the new sentencing guidelines for manslaughter when they come into force later this year? Howard Fidderman believes that sentencing should not be left to the courts.

Are your homeworkers secure?

Howard Fidderman | Features | HSW | 11.02.2008

Last month we looked at the more traditional health and safety aspects of homeworking, particularly equipment and electrical issues. In this concluding feature, Howard Fidderman considers the issues that have increased in importance - although not always in risk - over the past decade, including security and communications challenges.

House of hazards?

Features | HSW | 11.01.2008

Numbers of home teleworkers have increased rapidly in the past decade as employers embrace flexible work patterns, pushed on by government encouragement and business demands. In the first of two articles, Howard Fidderman says discharging your duty to safeguard homeworkers is not so hard.

Uni settles with injured guard

Prosecutions and Claims | 10.01.2008

Lighter regulation questions

News | HSW | 12.12.2007

Dealing with dust extraction

Andy Quail | Features | HSW | 01.12.2007

Andy Quail, commercial director at Carter-Thorne, explains why it is important to think ahead when dealing with dust extraction

Communication and consultation

Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 01.12.2007

In the last of his Back to Basics series, Lawrence Waterman outlines best practice approaches to workforce engagement

Marshalling expertise

Dave Lewis | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007

The actions of staff in the event of a fire are likely to be crucial to their safety and the safety of other people in the premises. Dave Lewis outlines the role and training needs of fire marshals.

Safeguarding workers abroad

Becky Allen | Features | HSW | 08.11.2007

Business travel is an integral part of many Britons' jobs. Despite huge advances in information and communications technology, UK residents made more than nine million journeys abroad for work last year - up 12% since 2004. But what toll does it take on their health and safety and how can the risks be best managed? Becky Allen reports.

Taking the lead: first HSW conference

Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 16.10.2007

Leadership and the need for senior management engagement were the themes that occurred at the recent HSW Conference. Delegates were given an overview of current and future developments in regulation, such as corporate manslaughter, and good practice on issues ranging from accident reduction to the new CDM Regulations.

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act

Legislation | 15.10.2007

Anti-bullying day

Prosecutions and Claims | 15.10.2007

Avoiding the tickbox idea of risk assessment

Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 12.08.2007

How do you make sure risk assessments don't become an end in themselves? Lucie Ponting considers the ways.

If the mask fits

Helen Collins | Features | HSW | 09.08.2007

Helen Collins takes a deep breath and explains the ins and outs of face fit testing for RPE

Site specifics: going smoke-free

Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

On 1 July 2007, England will follow Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in going smoke-free. An employer's main responsibility will be to ensure that no-one smokes in enclosed or substantially enclosed areas. The keys to achieving compliance are a smoke-free policy and appropriate signage. Bridget Leathley finds the best online guidance.

Absence levels rise

News | HSW | 01.06.2007

Risk assessments for disabled workers

Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

Don't panic. That's the first thing to remember if you are called on to carry out a personal risk assessment for a disabled worker, says Duncan Abbott. In this article, he demystifies combined risk assessments and DDA assessments for disabled workers and explains how to apply the five steps to risk assessment.

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