Breaking News
Environment watchdog to gain new enforcement powers
05 February 2010
The Environment Agency has been granted new civil sanctions under the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008.

Fit-note system to come into force this spring
02 February 2010
From 6 April this year, GPs will be required to issue those suffering from ill health with fit notes rather than sick notes, following the introduction of new regulations that aim to support more people with health conditions to return to work.

Director fined for neglecting legionella risk
05 February 2010
The managing director of a Midlands-based company failed to put in place a management system to control legionella, despite receiving warnings from water-treatment contractors.

Unsuitable manhole cover destablises cherry picker
04 February 2010
A construction firm has been criticised for put the lives of workers and pedestrians at risk by failing to install adequate manhole covers to support moving machinery at a building site in central Nottingham.

Safety culture: Stretch to the limit
03 February 2010
Tim Marsh discusses new thinking on safety culture, which practitioners can use to inform and convince senior management, and those holding the purse strings, that the recession is no time to cut back on, or abandon, good health and safety practices.

Outdoor working: Under the weather
03 February 2010
Blizzards, black ice and buffeting winds have affected most people around the country in recent weeks, and none more so than those who had to go out to work in such hostile conditions. Melvyn French provides a reminder of the havoc winter weather can wreak on open-air work, and the measures that can be taken to mitigate its effects.

Miscellaneous: Wise up on immunisation
08 February 2010
Employers keen on ensuring that their employees who travel on business have quick and efficient access to vaccines and anti-malarial medication may be interested in a new service from Lloydspharmacy.

Miscellaneous: On track with competence
08 February 2010
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has set out what is expected of duty-holders in developing and maintaining competence management systems.