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Employees denied 'toilet dignity' at work

Date:

19 November 2018

Unite is demanding that employers take action to ensure that workers are granted toilet dignity in the workplace.
Employers urged to review safety practices as new manslaughter sentencing takes effect

Date:

1 November 2018

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has said employers that cut corners and put workers' health and safety at risk should be held properly to account for their negligence, as new sentencing guidelines for manslaughter take effect tomorrow (1 November).
NHS to crack down on violence against staff

Date:

1 November 2018

Nurses and doctors will be better protected from attacks by patients and their families under plans to crack down on violence against NHS staff and prosecute offenders more easily.
MPs call for maximum workplace temperature to be set

Date:

26 July 2018

As the heatwave continues across the UK, MPs have urged the government to introduce a maximum workplace temperature - especially for work that involves physical effort.
Assaults on NHS staff increase 10% in a year

Date:

17 April 2018

Physical assaults on NHS staff in England rose by 9.7% compared to 2015/16, according to new figures published today.
International occupational health and safety management standard published

Date:

14 March 2018

The first international standard for occupational health and safety management has been published, in an effort to address the global need to improve the health and safety of workers.

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