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15 June 2021

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service have recently run a public campaign to raise awareness about the increasing levels of violence and aggression towards their staff.  We all should be supporting their #StopTheAbuseNow campaign. The video below..

15 June 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is on parents preparing for family holidays. With the pandemic this year's holiday for many parents may be more significant (and needed) th..

11 June 2021

HSE produce a slips, trips and falls checklist. It will will help you identify slip and trip hazards in your workplace and decide what action to take. It will be of benefit to anyone who assesses and manages slips and trips at work. The checklist p..

10 June 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is supporting men’s health week (June 14 – 20th). Research in The first wave of the Irish COVID-19 Psychological Survey suggested t..

8 June 2021

The Labour Relations Agency have created a guide which sets out some of the key considerations for employers regarding issues around the vaccination of staff, including how to tackle some of the ethical, legal and practical challenges.  There ar..

7 June 2021

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. How do you think you approach leadership? Stefan Jagielski of Health Assured assesses different leadership styles and their effectiveness. Whatever the focus — h..

3 June 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is a six minute video clip were Paul speaks about living with addiction. In a brutally honest explanation Paul talks about what it was like and..

29 May 2021

As summer approaches we are working with the Public Health Agency and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland to remind everyone to Be UV Aware and take care in the sun according to the level of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The Solar UV Index shows how much UV..

29 May 2021

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully led a prosecution against Nickell & Richmond Limited, resulting in fines totalling £40,000. The Bangor based company pleaded guilty at Belfast Crown Court to a total ..

27 May 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is a video clip taking watchers on a mindfulness session into nature. Titled ‘Take a walk on the mind side’ the clip lasts 15 minut..

25 May 2021

The onset of COVID-19 overshadowed a ‘foresight report – the human impact of the changing nature of work’ launched in March last year. In it HSE outlines sample scenarios looking at the future of H & S over the next 6 – 1..

19 May 2021

As a follow up to last month's DfI and MPANI's road worker safety campaign DfI have created their graphics as a4 posters to allow organisations to display in their premises as a reminder of the importance of road worker safety. Every little ..