The forgotten side of Health and Safety – Premise Compliance, not just tick box safety.
October 15, 2015
By Clyde Jackett, associate director of health and safety, Capita I have been a health and safety practitioner for 16 Read More
The new CDM Regulation: the role of the Domestic Client
July 17, 2014
Retired HSE inspector Martin Thurgood gives his thoughts on the role of 'Domestic Client' in the revised CDM Regulation Read More
Bill to curb ‘elf and safety’ culture announced by Ministry of Justice
June 3, 2014
A bill that intends to reduce the health and safety 'jobsworth' culture has been announced by the Secretary of State for Justice. Read More
The worst things about modern Christmas
December 19, 2013
As typical seasonal 'elf and safety stories make headlines this Christmas, IOSH surveyed the British public to find out what modern customs they could live without. Read More
Bogus ‘elf and safety excuses worst in the south east
November 22, 2013
More people in London and the south-east have reported ill-founded health and safety excuses than anywhere else in the UK, new analysis has found. Read More
Myth Busters panel roots out safety ‘jobsworths’
August 9, 2013
Since setting up the Myth Busters Challenge Panel last year, the HSE has received and reviewed more than 200 cases of precautionary advice given by non-regulators ﾖ and found that almost all of them have no basis in health and safety law. Read More
Presenter mocks BBC over alien-discovery concerns
November 8, 2012
Physicist and TV host Brian Cox has poked fun at BBC bosses for their apparently overly-cautious policy on uncovering life on other planets. Read More
HSE challenge panel kept busy fighting the good fight
August 23, 2012
If there's something weird, and it don't sound good, who you gonna call? Myth-busters! Read More
Health and safety challenge panel wades into seagull saga
April 16, 2012
The HSE's new Mythbuster Challenge Panel has handed down its first decision Read More
Independent experts to expose misuse of health and safety
April 11, 2012
Employment minister Chris Grayling has hailed the launch of a challenge panel that will scrutinise 'risk-averse' or erroneous decisions by non-regulators as another vehicle that will bring "common sense" back to health and safety. Read More
