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10 April 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is about gambling addiction during the pandemic. Addiction NI are part of the Inspire Wellbeing organisation and the link below on gambling add..

6 April 2021

We’re supporting Cancer Focus NI’s stop smoking support service. Their service has now been adapted to offer support remotely by telephone or video. It is free to organisations and their employees.  Resources are below. Thi..

5 April 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is an informative article entitled understanding stress and burnout. The article (marking stress awareness month) outlines how both conditions i..

3 April 2021

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. A survey of more than 2100 workplace safety representatives reveals that many employers are failing to follow Covid-secure rules to keep workers safe. The biennial sur..

31 March 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting positive mental wellbeing series) is a factsheet on managing anxiety. The article outlines some of the signs and symptoms and gives some tips on how to reduce anxiety. Download ..

25 March 2021

Member Company AG Paving & Building Products demonstrate how employee safety feeds into a major purchasing decision in a recent press release. Press Release A G Paving & Building Products has acquired three new 4 tonne forklifts for its Fiv..

24 March 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting positive mental wellbeing series) is a factsheet on recognising depression. The article is about the 8 main symptoms of depression and learning how to cope. Download the article..

18 March 2021

This week's  joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting positive mental wellbeing series) we are marking ‘World Sleep Day’ which is tomorrow. The article explains why sleep matters, has tips on sleeping and also feat..

15 March 2021

A Ballymena based firm, H&M Engineering & Roofing Specialists (NI) Limited has been prosecuted for multiple work-related offences relating to the death of one of their employees. The company earlier pleaded guilty to five health and safety o..

11 March 2021

The Department of Health's latest press release states that Employers from key sectors within Northern Ireland can now access the national testing programme as part of a targeted expansion of asymptomatic testing. Launching the programme Health..

10 March 2021

This week's a joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting positive mental wellbeing series) looks at an overview of anxiety. The downloadable pdf outlines both the physical as well as psychological symptoms, the fight flight response,..

9 March 2021

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its Annual Report and Accounts for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. The twenty-first Annual Report records a significant decrease in the number of fatalities and majo..