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14 May 2022

NI Safety Group have walked away with a prestigious Gold in this year’s Safety Groups UK Excellence Awards. These are presented in recognition of excellence amongst Health & Safety Groups UK wide. Ferociously competitive amongst the 80 odd..

7 May 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 is this week. This year the subject is lonliness. To mark the week our joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) has six ways to combat lonliness. Download the leaflet..

7 May 2022

HSENI working with industry professionals, has produced a series of six video presentations outlining the risks involved with welding and the controls that should be in place to protect workers. Welding and respiratory ill health David Fishwick is ..

29 April 2022

Friday night saw NISG return to physical events with the 2022 NISG annual Safety quiz. The Covid pandemic has curtailed our ability to run live events since March 2020 and there was undoubtably a great sense of anticipation as we started back to norm..

27 April 2022

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is on parents preparing for family holidays. For parents the annual summer holiday is often a juggling act, trying to keep children happy &mdas..

25 April 2022

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. Recent events demonstrate that it is important for organisations to continually identify emerging risks. Mike Sopp explores the measures that can be put ..

20 April 2022

HSENI has announced an inspection and enforcement initiative within engineering companies, which is set to begin in May. The inspections will focus on compliance with industry standards specifically in relation to the control of welding fume. HSENI ..

9 April 2022

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. What is mental health discrimination at work and how can organisations avoid it? What is mental health discrimination? Discrimination in general i..

6 April 2022

To celebrate Stress Awareness Month this week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) looks at what employees can do to recognise the signs of and ways to mitigate against work burnout. Downloa..

5 April 2022

The Plastic Packaging Tax is in effect from April 2022 (see here), and businesses need to start getting ready now by keeping records of the packaging they manufacture or import. Any business that manufactures or imports 10 or more tonnes of plastic p..

30 March 2022

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. What are the health and safety responsibilities that make it automatically unlawful to dismiss employees or to subject them to a detriment? Barrister Robe..

23 March 2022

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) looks at managing anger. If anger isn’t managed appropriately, it may have destructive results for both you and others around you.. Down..