Download the free TrustMark app for advice on asbestos when planning home improvements. Developed in collaboration with the Health and Safety Executive, the app aims to help homeowners to better understand what you need to know and do when having work done at home. It guides you through how to engage a tradesperson, what to look […]
Make Stress Awareness Month the month you make it routine to prevent stress and support mental health at work – and encourage others too. We’re inviting employers and managers to complete the 5 steps of Working Minds over the 5 weeks of April – whether that’s learning how, or actually getting stuck in. Over the […]
The Working Minds campaign welcomes six new partners in the construction industry to help reach trades and offer free support. March sees the Contract Flooring Association (CFA) and the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE), Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA), the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC), the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) and […]
By Rachel Suff, lead on health and wellbeing in the CIPD’s public policy team. Prevention is the key to supporting good mental wellbeing Poor mental wellbeing has been a growing concern for organisations over the past few years, further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. CIPD research shows mental ill health is by far the main […]
Exposure to metalworking fluids can cause harm to lungs and skin. Are you confident on how to protect workers? There are 8 questions to complete and all answers are anonymous. Did you know? HSE’s latest statistics (2022 to 2023) show an estimated: 12,000 people died from lung diseases linked to exposure to hazardous […]
HSE is inspecting manufacturing businesses that use metalworking fluids in their machining processes until March. Watch this short webinar to help you manage the health hazards from metalworking fluids. Hear from HM Inspector of Health and Safety, Fiona McGarry, about a case study of an HSE investigation, the control measures required to protect the health […]
Asbestos can be found in any building built or refurbished before the year 2000. Join Paul on site as he points out some possible asbestos containing materials that tradespeople should watch for before and during construction work. 5000 people a year die from past exposure to asbestos, HSE’s Asbestos & You campaign aims to make […]
Today marks two years since the launch of HSE’s Working Minds campaign. Launched in 2021, the campaign aims to help employers prevent stress and support good mental health in the workplace by focusing on the principles of risk assessment and five steps: reach out, recognise, respond, reflect, make it routine. The campaign now has 26 […]
In an open letter to industry, five organisations are calling for employers to act on metalworking fluid controls to benefit workshops, machining performance, employees and reduce costs for businesses. The United Kingdom Lubricants Association Metalworking Fluid Product Stewardship Group is working with British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), Make UK, Manufacturing Technologies Association and Safety & […]
The key to preventing stress at work and supporting good mental health is making it part of routine working life and culture. To help you do this a free interactive tool has been developed that brings the Working Minds campaign principles to life. To help employers prevent stress and support good mental health, the Working […]