Drivers failing to meet their eye test responsibilities
Drivers are failing to have regular eye tests to ensure they are not a risk on the road, a survey by Venson Automotive Solutions...
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Health and safety advice during storms and bad weather
(Northern Ireland) With storm Barra and a yellow weather warning in place last week, HSENI advised that employers should assess their...
Deadline for UK REACH to be extended
Last week, Defra committed to exploring alternative arrangements for UK REACH transitional registrations in order to support chemical...
Exemption: pressure systems forming an enclosure for high voltage equipment
The HSE has granted a legal exemption that will enable the use of more environmentally friendly gases in the electricity distribution...
Is your satnav fit for purpose?
This advice comes from the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain. The number of bridge strike incidents in the UK remains alarmingly...
Technical information sheet on smoke control management
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has published a technical information sheet entitled Smoke Control Management. It aims to...
Government to introduce ‘Harper’s Law’
Emergency workers will receive greater protection from violent criminals after the Government confirmed last week that ‘Harper’s Law’...
Any use of hand-held mobile phone while driving to become illegal
The government is strengthening existing laws making it illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving under virtually any...
HSE launches Working Minds campaign to encourage employers to promote good mental health in work
Work-related stress and poor mental health risk becoming a health and safety crisis for Great Britain’s workplaces, the HSE has warned....
Speeding motorists targeted in Vision Zero campaign
The lowering of speed limits and the targeting of speeding drivers by police are among a range of measures being introduced in London to...
Fears that new London buildings are being designed to avoid fire safety rules
London Fire Brigade has voiced concerns that new properties in the capital are being designed to avoid post-Grenfell fire safety rules....
Air quality concerns hindering return to five-day office week
Businesses whose staff are resistant to resuming full-time office working should address the issue of workplace air quality. A survey of...
Tesco worker who was shut in room awarded £50,000
A Tesco worker who won a sex discrimination case after being trapped in a room by his female boss has been awarded £50,000 in...
MPs told to wear masks in Parliament amid rising COVID cases
MPs have been told to wear face masks and tours of Parliament are being cancelled, following rising COVID cases on the parliamentary...
Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction
At around 18:45 hrs on 31 October 2021, train reporting number 1L53, the 17:20 hrs South Western Railway passenger service from London...
Eight in ten adults think social distancing is important – but four in ten actually do it - ONS
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), fewer adults are practising COVID-19 preventative measures and more people are...
Corporate Homicide Bill
This is a Bill to amend the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 to make provision about the offence of corporate...
Employers urged to create inclusive menopause policies
Businesses need to do more to ensure their workplaces support employees who are going through the menopause, IOSH has said. IOSH has said...
Alert issued over rogue 'electricians'
The president of Scotland’s largest trade association has issued an alert about rogue traders. Donald W Orr, the president Scottish...
Council admits health and safety breaches
A council has admitted breaking health and safety laws after a man was killed by a falling tree on a popular trail. Fifty-eight-year-old...
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