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11 April 2024

The 'Work Well Live Well' initiative by the Public Health Agency are offering organisations the opportunity to register for their mailing list. If this is of interest to you please use the link below to sign up. Workplace Health Mailin..

10 April 2024

Following a joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Dungannon based company, Contract Services Dgn Limited, and their driver John Fagan, were both recently..

28 March 2024

In the first of our new legal updates from our sponsor, Carson McDowell, Judith Rountree looks at the topical item of transport accidents in the workplace. View her article here. ..

14 March 2024

The 2024 NISG Quiz was held on Thursday night to a full house at Ulster University - Belfast Campus.  Sponsored by Safety Advice Centre and Ulster University, the quiz was a fiercely fought competition, with few points to be found between the t..

29 February 2024

NISG were delighted to present a cheque for £2104.56 to Grace Williams from Air Ambulance NI at our recent AGM. This donation was collected at the ballot held during our NISG 70th Anniversary Conference and Gala Dinner back in November 2023. &n..

27 February 2024

HSENI have produced an update on health statistics for Northern Ireland. The document includes estimated annual dealths due to work-related diseases; cost of workplace injuries (including work related ill-heath and work-related ill health figure..

20 February 2024

NISG are pleased to announce the appointment of Heather McKinstry to the new role of Vice President of NISG following election at the 2024 AGM yesterday. She was Chair of the organisation in the period 1997 to 1999 and has over 30 years of ..

19 February 2024

A collaborative webinar addressing Mental Health in the local Construction Industry was held last week. Facilitated by us it featured presentations from the Federation of Master Builders, the Building Mental Health Alliance, and the Lighthouse Chari..

8 January 2024

How I tell my boss about my mental health issues? Thanks to Action Mental Health for providing this article. 1 in 4 UK adults suffer with a diagnosed mental health problem. Despite this, a study by CIPD revealed that 85% of employees still believe ..

2 January 2024

CEFNI has released resources for the month long health and safety initiative, Safety Reboot, taking place throughout January 2024. The aim of the initiative is to encourage construction companies to stop work for about 15 minutes, once a week through..

15 December 2023

The Department for the Economy has launched a public appointment competition to appoint a new Chair to the Board of the Health HSENI. HSENI plays an important role in educating, informing, communicating with, and supporting businesses to comply with..

14 December 2023

The Corporate Plan (CP) was approved in October 2022 by the then Minister for the Economy. The CP set sets out the key areas of work that HSENI will focus on up to 2028. It has been developed by our staff and also through public consultation which h..