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Front-line staff, including neighbourhood officers and anti-social behaviour workers, are the focus of the first part of a new campaign by housing group Regenda to demystify health and safety for its employees. Read More
November 23, 2011
A major conference on stress will hear this weekend how work-life balance is now at the bottom of the agenda and work-related suicide is increasing as a result of the parlous state of the economy. Read More
November 7, 2011
Half of British workers have been ill-treated at work in the past two years, new research has found. Read More
October 2, 2011
New research would appear to fly in the face of government policy built on the notion that the retail sector is a low-risk workplace environment where health and safety is concerned. Read More
August 9, 2011
A charity helpline for the retail trade has been swamped with calls from anxious employees, shopkeepers and managers unsure how to deal with the emotional consequences of the riots sweeping the country. Read More
January 24, 2011
The number of violent incidents at work last year totalled 677,000, according to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey Read More
December 7, 2010
A Scottish Parliament committee report has concluded that new legislation is not the answer to protecting workers from assault and deterring violence. Read More
September 29, 2010
Health-care workers who are physically assaulted at work are more likely to experience musculoskeletal symptoms, according to a new study. Read More
September 6, 2010
A local authority has taken action against newsagent chain Martin McColl for failing to protect employees from workplace violence. Read More
August 16, 2010
Challenged by successive governments to act as an exemplar on health and safety, the NHS is making gradual progress towards this goal, says Julian Topping, who describes how the varied training needs of such a large and diverse workforce are met. Read More