Coronavirus advice for employers
January 19, 2022
Boris Johnson has said that Plan B COVID-19 restrictions will end on Thursday 27 January, meaning businesses are to start to prepare to welcome people back into workplaces Read More
Invisible disabilities in the workplace
November 19, 2021
Nichola Ebbern shares her personal experience of invisible disabilities in the workplace and provides advice for how employers can support them. Read More
A guide to helping employees with addiction
November 17, 2021
SHP provides a guide on how employers should approach addiction in the workplace, and how they can best support their employees. Read More
St John Ambulance warns lives are ‘at risk’ due to lack of office first aiders
November 8, 2021
St John Ambulance warns lives could be lost at work due to a lack of trained first aiders, as 50% of employees now enjoy flexible working. Read More
What I’ve learned from supporting colleagues with cancer and their caregivers: In conversation with Kate Field
August 6, 2021
Kate Field has supported several colleagues living with cancer. This has included supporting individuals during treatment and on their return to work, as well as supporting caregivers whose loved ones have had cancer. In this interview Kate explains how she’s seen cancer impact people’s working lives and suggests ways in which employers can help. Read More
Fine after employees exposed to chemical spill
March 24, 2021
The fabrication division of Nasmyth Technologies Limited has been fined after four employees were exposed to hazardous substances that caused significant ill health and time off work. Read More
‘Government downplaying COVID-19 workplace risk’, report warns
March 11, 2021
New research from think tank, the Institute of Employment Rights (IER), has found the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the workplace remains significant and is being ‘dangerously downplayed’ by the Government's ‘light-touch approach’. Read More
Can the spread of workplace illness be avoided, post-COVID, by increased remote working?
February 24, 2021
A report in the Independent has highlighted that there has not been a single case of influenza detected by Public Health England so far in 2021. Read More
20 things about absence and health in 20 years
April 9, 2020
After 20 years of Health and wellbeing at work surveys, the CIPD has reflected on what has changed – and what's stayed the same – over the years… Read More
Responding to COVID-19 – What does your organisation need to do to stay on the right side of the criminal law?
March 11, 2020
Your organisation is now making preparations for the coming COVID-19 pandemic and you are deluged with specific concerns, information and action plans that need to be developed. Amongst the many questions being asked by the Board, should be a cut through question: 'What are our health and safety criminal law obligations in dealing with the coronavirus, what do we have to do and how can we protect ourselves from blame if we get it wrong?' Read More
