Feature Articles

Many employers are not doing enough to protect the health and safety of pregnant women and new mothers at work, the TUC and the charity Maternity Action recently warned as they published guidance for trade union workplace representatives.

An eight-year investigation into an explosion at a Pembrokeshire oil refinery that killed four workers has culminated at court in a £5m fine for Valero Energy.

The government has allocated £200m of funding to remove combustible cladding from private residential high-rise buildings, explains Stephen Horin.

Urgent action is needed to protect outdoor workers from the health risks associated with exposure to ambient air pollution, the British Safety Council has warned in a new report published to support its Time to Breathe air pollution campaign.

An exciting line-up of speakers has been confirmed for the British Safety Council’s annual conference, ‘Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the Modern Workplace’, taking place at the TUC Congress Centre in central London on Wednesday 16 October.

A guidance booklet on the safe use of dumpers in the construction industry has been published by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group.

Amnesty International has ‘dissolved’ its senior leadership team after a report into two suicides of its employees found there was a ‘toxic’ working environment.