Health and Safety News

The union body TUC is of the opinion that all businesses must be made to submit their health and safety enforcement standards. The head of safety of TUC Hugh Robertson says that not only should the businesses file a report on this issue, but the regulators must also put into action enforcement laws for the [...]

Extending the debate on making directors more directly responsible for the welfare of their employees, a labour MP has mooted a new bill which aims to give precise guidelines on what these responsibilities are. This new bill is hoped to make a visible difference where the previous ones failed.
Aberdeen North MP, Frank Doran, has [...]

A recently conducted review shows that a considerable amount of work has gone into efforts to improve security at public places, but that a great deal more remains to be done in order to convert what are currently mere strategies for public protection into reality.
Commenting on this at the launch of a public consultation titled [...]