Brexit: health and safety industry reacts
June 24, 2016
In one of the final sessions of Safety & Health Expo yesterday, Kizzy Augustin, senior associate at Pinsent Masons LLP, Read More
June 24, 2016
In one of the final sessions of Safety & Health Expo yesterday, Kizzy Augustin, senior associate at Pinsent Masons LLP, Read More
June 9, 2016
By Jerry Hill, Head of Consultancy Support – Safety, Health and Environment at NatWest Mentor On the 23 June the Read More
September 10, 2015
Time taken to travel to and from work for non-office based employees will now be considered ‘working time’, the European Read More
March 2, 2015
The European Commission’s decision to review the Working Time Directive (WTD) has to be seen as a timely and welcome Read More
December 8, 2011
A long-running legal dispute on offshore working hours and leave entitlement has ended with the Supreme Court ruling against the oil and gas workers who brought the case. Read More
April 5, 2011
People on night shifts are three times more likely to suffer a work-related accident, and twice as likely to have a car accident on the way home from work, compared with their daytime colleagues. Read More
May 25, 2010
Junior doctors are working irregular shift patterns, which, although they may be compliant with the European Working Time Directive, could be putting both the doctors' and their patients' health at risk. Read More
May 24, 2010
MEPs have adopted a resolution calling for efforts to harmonise the level of fines across EU countries in relation to lorry drivers who commit working time-related road safety infringements. Read More
April 12, 2010
New rules on long-term sick leave are affecting the way most small businesses employ new staff, according to the results of a poll by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).<br> Read More
May 31, 2009
A leading academic has warned that the health and safety of the UK'sestimated 3.5 million shift-workers is being put at risk because theHSE undertakes no routine inspections during atypical working hours.<br> Read More