Culture & Behaviours

Baby Loss Awareness Week: ‘Review your bereavement leave policy and consider signing up to the Pregnancy Loss Pledge’

October 14, 2021

SHP speaks to Jyssica Murphy, Divisional Heath, Safety & Environmental Manager at Redrow Homes, about her experience of miscarriage and how opening up to friends, family, colleagues and her employer helped her to deal with her loss. Jyssica also provides advice to employers and employees on how support a colleague who has experienced a loss. Read More

Call to action issued over the need for adequate knee protection in the workplace

October 14, 2021

ToughBuilt is calling for greater awareness of the need for adequate knee protection to safeguard the nation's workforce. Read More

How does RIDDOR apply to children in education?

October 12, 2021

SHP discuss the importance of utilising RIDDOR in school environments to prevent dangerous incidents going un-reported. Read More

‘Work-related suicides should be monitored, regulated and prevented,’ SHP meets Prof Sarah Waters

October 11, 2021

SHP speaks to Sarah Waters, Professor of French studies at the University of Leeds, who has recently published a report, with Hilda Palmer from Hazards Campaign, looking into 12 suicide cases that occurred between 2015 and 2020 to discover whether they could be attributed to the workplace. Read More

‘We need to ask ourselves as leaders, what can we do to improve the workplace setup to support people?’

October 7, 2021

SHP discusses how organisations can adapt their approach to safety with Diane Chadwick-Jones. Read More

Agency workers: 3 steps for safer forklift operations

October 6, 2021

Mentor FLT Training highlights employers’ duty of care to agency workers and advises how you can ensure they stay safe. Read More

‘COVID has not just blurred that boundary between work and home, it’s completely eliminated it’, SHP meets Andrew Sharman

September 30, 2021

Andrew Sharman, CEO of RMS Switzerland and Chair of EHS Congress 2021, talks to SHP about what attendees can expect from this year's event. Read More

SGSA stresses the importance of event safety management

September 23, 2021

SGSA has stressed that, for all individuals involved in the management, organisation or hosting of an event, whatever their role, the safety of all people present must take precedence over every other concern. Read More

‘Major issues in health & safety should still be given the priority they deserve’

September 22, 2021

Ahead of EHS Congress 2021, which takes place in Berlin from 9-10 November 2021, SHP, an event media partner, looks ahead to what is in store this year. Read More

The challenges that come with introducing site visits

September 17, 2021

In this article, Gina Siebler, Health and Safety Advisor at Shepherds Bush Housing Group, discusses introducing site visits at an organisation that has never had them before, and the challenges which she had to overcome during the process. Read More