EMERGENCY PLANNING - 01.07.2024
Is your educational establishment ready for an emergency?
Emergency preparedness in educational and childcare settings is crucial for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of students, staff and visitors. It plays a critical role in mitigating risks and effectively responding to unplanned and unforeseen situations. What should you include in your plan?
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MACHINERY GUARDS - 01.07.2024
Pizza maker fined after workers caught up in machinery
One of the nation’s largest producers of supermarket pizzas has been fined £800,000 after two workers suffered serious injuries at its factory in Bolton. What were the failures and how can you prevent injuries when working with machinery?
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WORK EXPERIENCE - 17.06.2024
Does work experience involve a lot of paperwork?
You are considering hosting a work experience student but are concerned that you’ll need to submit many risk assessments and policies to satisfy the placement organiser. What does the HSE’s latest guidance say about this?
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SEASONAL WORK - 04.06.2024
Protect seasonal and temporary workers
The summer months are often a time to expand your workforce to keep up with seasonal variations in workload. What should you do to keep inexperienced workers safe in the course of their employment?
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SICKNESS ABSENCE - 03.06.2024
Managing dismissals for long-term sickness absence
If an employee’s long-term sickness absence starts to become protracted to the point where you’re contemplating their dismissal, how should you go about dealing with that?
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MENTAL HEALTH - 03.06.2024
Do workers with poor mental health take more risks?
Whilst it is well documented that poor mental health raises absenteeism in the workplace, it is becoming recognised that it may be having another negative impact - a rise in workplace injuries. Why is this, and can you do anything to reduce the risk?
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