Health and Safety
The worst offenders and the best prosecution outcomes.
Tales from the front line: The public can trust our COVID-19 precautions
Meet the EHP who helps to manage risk at National Trust sites.
Workers’ lives lost to COVID remembered
Calls grow for independent public enquiry into the UK government’s handling of the pandemic.
Legal briefing: Reality bites in the gig economy
Court cases highlight gaps in health and safety laws and a judicial appetite for change in ‘flexible’ working.
Weakness in H&S exposed by COVID-19
Think tank lunches two-year in-depth investigation into UK H&S.
Jail for shop owner and landlord after carbon monoxide death
Pair showed no remorse for tenant killed by fumes from generator in storeroom beneath flat.
Tales from the front line: Face masks made fit for purpose
Face-fit testing thousands of hospital staff for respiratory protective equipment – at short notice.
Under the microscope: H&S during COVID-19
The Resolution Foundation has dug down into the difficulties of enforcing pandemic restrictions in today’s workplaces.
Tesco fined £300,000 after roll cage injury
Nearby nightclub staff's training in H&S and their rapid response saved worker’s legs – and quite possibly his life.
Legal briefing: COVID-19 and RIDDOR – where do you draw the line?
Clarifying the decision-making process for employers on whether and how to report COVID-19 workplace infections.
‘There was a grey area in food production: companies were unsure how to protect workforces’
Author of report into COVID-19 in food manufacturing encourages employers to ditch outdated ideas about trade unions.
