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Barry - IOSH rep at the ROSPA awards

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Barry has been appointed as the IOSH representative on the prestigious RoSPA Awards Panel for a three year term starting in 2012. Barry will be attending a nominations review meeting at RoSPA in March and final judgements in April. Award ceremonies will take place in London in May and Glasgow in September.

2012 RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards

The RoSPA Safety Awards have been recognising health and safety success since 1956. This key fixture in the health and safety calendar offers organisations a prime opportunity to prove their ongoing commitment to raising health and safety stand...

Stress

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Are increased workloads finally tipping the balance and causing workers to take sick time due to stress. Whilst many workers I’m sure will be concerned about having absence attributed to stress during this period of economic turmoil the 2011 Absence management survey report produced by the CIPD indicates that stress based absence is on the rise. 42% of those responding to the survey were however either doing nothing or not aware of what was being done to combat stress in the workplace.

The survey gives categories which indicate the top causes of stress but in reality what are the causes? Is ...

Li£e Savings campaign

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100

At the IOSH annual Honorary Vice-Presidents’ Luncheon held at the House of Lords , IOSH president Steve Granger emphasised that smart companies investing in sound health and safety management can see a significant return on investment, in terms of cash savings and a range of other business benefits.

IOH did our bit with our own Operations Director, who is a Vice President of IOSH attending the launch.

Employers unaware of resources

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Employers need to make more use of the existing NHS support to promote wellbeing at work, senior HR practitioners agreed at the Business in the Community Workwell Summit. Asked what role the NHS had in supporting health in the workplace, a panel of experts said that employers should make more use of tools and data from organisations like NHS Choices.

Questions were also asked about the potential to reinstate regulations such as the HSE stress management standards.

But Graeme Collinson, group director health, safety and environment at Centrica, said: “For that to happen there would have to be...

Absenteeism costing UK business £32 billion a year!

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100

UK workers have an average 10 days unscheduled absence from their jobs each year, around twice that of their counterparts in the US and Asia-Pacific , but on a par with Western Europe . Sickness accounts for around 80% of absence, which also covers jury service and compassionate leave.

With the average UK salary around £25,000, absenteeism is costing British business approximately £32 billion per annum, far more than previous studies have suggested. This figure is also likely to be conservative, as it reflects direct cost of absence and does not take into account potential replacement costs ...