The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Turns 50 on January 1st 2025!
This beginning of this year marks a major milestone for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as it celebrates 50 years of dedication to protecting workers and the public. Since its establishment in 1974, HSE has become a cornerstone of workplace safety in the UK, adapting to new challenges while maintaining its core mission: to […]
2020/21 has firmly rooted health and safety in our day-to-day lives and our cultural consciousness.
The latest HSE statistics reveal some interesting points that highlight the state of health and safety in the UK, between 2020 and 2021 2020/21 has firmly rooted health and safety in our day-to-day lives and our cultural consciousness. However, the latest statistics from the HSE prove we still have a long way to go. Simon […]
Are you confused with the updated Public Health Covid Guidance ?
Read what the latest Public Health guidance means for your business The guidance appears therefore to be quite confusing. On the one hand COVID safety measures are no longer required for the majority of businesses, but on the other the guidance to self-isolate has been significantly widened. This leaves employers in a real bind as […]
Changes to COVID-19 testing in England from 1 April
Symptomatic testing Symptomatic testing in high-risk settings, where infection can spread rapidly among people who may be at higher risk of serious illness, remains important to ensure that COVID-19 is detected as quickly as possible. This is to help minimise the number and impact of outbreaks to protect those who are most vulnerable. Free tests […]
So, what can employers do to lower the risk the virus poses to their staff as we move into this next phase of the pandemic?
After Friday 1st April, people who have a positive Covid-19 test are being advised to “try to” stay at home and avoid contact with other people for five days, which is when they are most infectious. Those who are positive, or have symptoms, and need to leave home will be urged to wear masks, avoid […]
Working Safely through Covid-19 – Updated Advice & Guidance
Businesses and other organisations Businesses and other organisations – Covid Update Employers and businesses have taken significant steps over the pandemic to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 within their settings. The Government has lifted the majority of legal requirements on businesses, and continues to provide ‘Working Safely’ guidance setting out the steps that employers can take to […]
Covid-19 Updates for Employers – January 2022
Isolation Period Cut from 10 Days to 7 Days Fully vaccinated Covid sufferers can now cut their 10-day isolation period to seven days, it has been announced. Under new rules, people in England can take two lateral flow tests 24 hours apart on day six and seven of their quarantine. Self-isolation for COVID-19 cases reduced […]
The ‘Pingdemic’
Workers in the food sector to be exempt from self isolation rules Workers in key sectors, and particularly in the food supply chain, will still be allowed to go to work if they have been told to self isolate by NHS test and trace so long as they test negative for coronavirus. The new exemptions, […]
Covid Vaccinations
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