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The holiday season is here, and workplace festive parties are the perfect way to celebrate successes, reward your team, and spread holiday joy. But amidst the laughter and cheer, it’s essential to remember: good celebrations need great planning!

With a large proportion of construction sites planning for the yearly close over Christmas and New Year, it is important to make sure your site is left safe and secure.

Demonstrating good health and safety during the winter period will create a safe working place and allow staff to go home to their families well.

Successfully managing sickness absences during this winter season will help your business run as smoothly as possible. Having an appropriate policy in place for sickness and absences will ensure that your staff feel valued and looked after.

Anti-Bullying Week 2024 takes place from Monday 11th – Friday 15th November. The theme this year is ‘Choose Respect’. Sadly, bullying continues to be a problem in the workplace.

National Stress Awareness Day raises awareness of the effects of psychological distress in the workplace as well as methods to address it.

This guide covers the essentials of bereavement leave for employers, outlining statutory rights such as unpaid ‘reasonable’ time off and two weeks of paid Parental Bereavement Leave.

Site visits are a snapshot of a site’s performance and provide the guidance to improve things. These visits are at the heart of how health and safety is managed, and are vital in both mitigating potential risks and successfully planning a project.

COSHH assessments must assess the risks and decide on the sensible steps needed to avoid ill-health to the workers exposed to the harmful substance.

Since Labour’s Election on the 4th July these proposals went into the Kings Speech and will now form the Employment Bill 2024 that is expected 100 days later, on the 16th October 2024.