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
From March 2025, many businesses in England will have to begin separating their recyclable and food waste from general waste prior to collection, but the changes will bring wider business benefits, such as reduced waste disposal costs and improved sustainability credentials.
By Adriana Olaya Rodriguez, Newell Brands on 12 November 2024
When most people think of injuries in the materials handling industry, they picture serious incidents – severe trauma or even fatalities. However, a silent issue affects far more workers every day: musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
By Kirsty Cunningham, Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks on 11 November 2024
Sunlight is good for our health and wellbeing even during winter. It’s important that we harness its benefits.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 February 2024
Global reporting of accidents and near misses when using powered access equipment for temporary work at height is helping to inform campaigns, guidance and training from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), aimed at making the equipment safer to use than ever.
By Brian Parker, IPAF on 01 February 2024
The successful rescue of 17 miners trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in Uttarakhand was understandably greeted with widespread relief, but questions are now being asked about whether the wider project to build over 800 kilometres of roads through a hilly region of India threatens to increase the risk of floods and landslides in the region.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 08 December 2023
Female workers employed to make India’s popular low-cost smoking product face poor wages, health hazards and exploitation – and campaigners say action to force the big beedi manufacturers to improve pay and conditions is long overdue.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 08 December 2023
Every autumn and winter, Delhi experiences poor air quality due to factors like agriculture stubble burning, and politicians from all parties continue to trade barbs about who is responsible for tackling it.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 07 November 2023
With surveys suggesting Indian workers are reporting higher levels of work-related stress, the country’s employers are being urged to step up their efforts to support employee mental wellbeing, including educating staff about the importance of maintaining a good work-life balance.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 07 November 2023
Recent high-profile reports of aggressive and violent behaviour towards cabin crew from unruly passengers on Indian flights have prompted calls from airlines to make it easier to ban badly behaved travellers as a deterrent to others.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 October 2023
Thousands of workers in India’s automotive parts factories suffer disabling injuries to their hands every year, and campaigners say big automotive brands need to do more to both force and support their suppliers to tackle the problem.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 October 2023
High-profile collapses of under-construction bridges in India have claimed many lives in recent months – and led to renewed calls for greater government oversight of the activities of major construction companies to keep workers safe.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 September 2023
Mobile apps are playing an ever-greater role in helping to keep people safe at work, with Indian universities and industry working closely together to develop the required technology.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 September 2023
