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If employee mental health isn’t high on the priority list for your business, it should be. One in four people experience mental health issues at some point in their lives, so it’s essential that your workplace is equipped to support employees. Mental health support doesn’t just help your workers – it also benefits your business. Mental health issues are a leading cause of long-term absence from work, so investing in your workforce’s well-being can reduce disruption later. As it’s World…

Making sure you and your team all have the right health and safety knowledge is important in any industry, but it’s even more crucial for high-risk trades. Construction sites are among the most dangerous workplaces for employees. Here are three essential safety training courses for you and your workforce to ensure you stay safe on site. CITB Health & Safety Awareness (Green Card Course) The CITB Health & Safety Awareness course is aimed at operatives from all trades who work…

Two managers have been sentenced to prison time after an 18-year-old construction worker died in 2018. Josh Disdel, employed by P & R Plant Hire (Lincolnshire) Limited, died after being run over by a van on a house-build construction site in Boston, Lincolnshire. On 6 September 2022, a Site Manager for D. Brown (Building Contractors) Limited and a Manager at P & R Plant Hire (Lincolnshire) Limited were sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court to 18 weeks imprisonment suspended for two…

There’s a lot involved in this annual task. It’s always a challenge but a very enjoyable and rewarding one. It’s the job of getting around 8000 people into the right room, on the right day, on the right course with the right tutor, and from a commercial perspective, it’s a matter of having enough people on each of those courses so we stay in business! For many courses we operate within the parameters handed to us by our accreditation bodies…

There is a range of health and safety regulations workplaces must comply with, but none are as comprehensive as the Health & Safety at Work Act (HSWA). The primary legislation for health and safety in the UK, the Act sets out the roles of employers and employees on workplace premises. Here, we explain everything you need to know about the HSWA – and what your workplace must do to comply with it. What is the Health and Safety at Work…

A carpentry and joinery company has been fined £200,000 after a worker fell from a forklift truck in Coventry. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that unsafe working practices were the cause of the incident in June 2021. In addition to using a stillage to lift workers onto the forklift, the company demonstrated a lack of training, correct equipment and risk assessments. Here’s how to protect your business and employees from dangerous work-at-height practices. The incident…