Four-day working weeks have hit the headlines again, with a second UK-wide pilot set to begin in November. While there is debate around whether shortening the work week is the answer, attitudes towards more flexible ways of working are changing and employers who fail to recognise this risk being left behind.
By Kerry Reals on 01 November 2024
Fleet managers have a number of tools for preventing illegal smartphone use among employees who drive for work, but developments in AI camera monitoring and mobile phone blocking technology could help to stamp out this dangerous practice entirely.
By Mark Hadley, Blackout Technologies on 01 November 2024
Transport for London has introduced stricter safety equipment requirements for heavy goods vehicles operating within most of Greater London, but leading industrial gas manufacturer Air Products has decided to go further by rolling out the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology on its fleet operating across the UK, to ensure its drivers are always in a position to detect and respond to vulnerable road users.
By Mark Pawsey, Air Products on 01 November 2024
Established following Dame Judith Hackitt’s ‘Building a Safer Future’ report, BSR was set up as part of the Health and Safety Executive. The new Building Safety Regulator in England is transforming the landscape of building safety, by ensuring that higher-risk buildings where people live and stay are designed, constructed and managed to the highest levels of care and accountability to ensure residents’ safety.
By Neil Hope-Collins, HSE on 01 October 2024
Alcohol consumption can have a variety of negative impacts on workers and the wider business, so it’s essential to create a workplace culture where staff understand the health risks, don’t face pressure to drink at company events and would feel comfortable raising concerns about their own or others’ drinking.
By Jane Gardiner, Alcohol Change UK on 01 October 2024
Neurodivergent people sometimes struggle to achieve their potential at work, but small and often low-cost adjustments to working environments, technology and processes can make all the difference.
By Helen Eaton, HKE Training on 01 October 2024
By creating a workplace that recognises and supports the unique strengths and needs of neurodivergent employees, businesses can reduce absenteeism, increase productivity and enhance employee engagement.
By Guy Osmond and Alex Reffell, Osmond Inclusive Wellbeing Services on 01 October 2024
Ensuring the safe evacuation of vulnerable people from supported housing can be a major challenge, but social care provider United Response has implemented some innovative approaches to ensure residents with disabilities can safely escape without the need to rely on ‘stay put’ procedures and fire service assistance.
By Shonagh Methven, United Response on 01 October 2024
Recent landslides in Kerala that left over 400 people dead, including many tea plantation workers, have prompted calls for stricter enforcement of laws designed to prevent deforestation, quarrying and development that experts say have exacerbated the risk of fatal landslides and flooding.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 September 2024
The rape and murder of a female doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata triggered country-wide strikes and protests by medical staff – and reignited demands for better security in healthcare premises and tougher sentences for the perpetrators of violent and sexual crimes.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 September 2024
Ruth Denyer has spent almost three decades working as a health and safety professional in the entertainment industry, starting out in theatre before spending 17 years at ITV and then joining global streaming service Netflix. Safety Management sat down with Ruth to discuss a range of issues, from the realities of keeping people safe on set without dampening creativity, to her role as co-president of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) – which, alongside Ruth, will celebrate its 50th birthday next year.
By Kerry Reals on 01 September 2024
Although the previous Conservative government rejected widespread demands for a national register of asbestos in non-domestic premises, a new online platform aims to create a register of existing surveys that can be quickly and freely accessed by those who need to carry out work that could disturb the deadly material.
By Andrew Paten, UK National Asbestos Register (UKNAR) on 01 September 2024
There are growing concerns about the heightened risk of asbestos exposure in schools and hospitals, but the UK is falling behind Europe in tackling the problem of asbestos in non-domestic buildings.
By Mesothelioma UK and University of Sheffield on 01 September 2024
