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Spot the signs of working from home fatigue 12 May 2022 Posturite release an infographic on WFH fatigue.Suggesting if youve reached the point where working from home feels like an endless day, youre sick of the same four walls and your motivation levels ha... Keep Reading

HSENI announces inspection programme of engineering businesses 27 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 i... Keep Reading

Managing Work-related Stress - The Line Managers Role (part 2) 06 April 2022 In this 19 minute clip (part 2 of 3) David Beck, Mental Wellbeing at Work Advisor at HSENI presents on when work pressure becomes work related stress and an introduction to HSEs Management Standards.... Keep Reading

Covid-19 self-isolation: Which rules apply where? 06 April 2022 The BBC has an updated article on COVID the self-isolation rules in Northern Ireland, the Republic and the rest of the UK.Read the article.PHA also produce a pdf poster outlining how to end self-isola... Keep Reading

Managing Work-related Stress - The Line Managers Role 24 March 2022 In this 18 minute clip (part 1 of 3) David Beck, Mental Wellbeing at Work Advisor at HSENI presents on adopting a better approach to health and a business case for managing work-related stress.... Keep Reading

Work Well Live Well Initiative 17 March 2022 The Public Health Agency funded Work Well Live Well initiative invites new organisations to sign up for its free Health Wellbeing Support Service. Now in its 5th year the initiative has supported ove... Keep Reading

Returning to the office 09 March 2022 Work psychologist Patricia Murray joined Claire Byrne on RT Radio 1 to discuss what people should expect from their colleagues, their bosses and an office space that isnt the kitchen table.Read the ar... Keep Reading

Crucial changes needed to protect workers’ health while teleworking 02 March 2022 New analysis from the ILO and WHO sets out recommendations for safe and productive hybrid and teleworking.For many responsible for managing teleworkers the images in this article will give them nightm... Keep Reading

WHLG funds web hosting for farming mental health website 23 February 2022 HSENI and Rural Support developed this interactive website to help farming community deal with stress.The new website www.farminmind.co.uk is entirely confidential, and was developed with the help of ... Keep Reading

New obesity prevention campaign launched 03 February 2022 The Public Health Agencys new Choose to live better Making healthier choices campaign is running to encourage adults who are overweight or obese, to make healthier choices that will help to reduce wei... Keep Reading

New smoking in private vehicles regulations 22 January 2022 From 1 February 2022, it will be illegal to smoke in an enclosed private vehicle when:children and young people aged under 18 are in the vehiclethere is more than one person in the vehicle.It will als... Keep Reading

HSE assessment tools for Musculoskeletal Disorders 13 January 2022 Northern Ireland Safety Group recently hosted a webinar when Matt Birtles, Principal Ergonomics Consultant, HSEs Science and Research Centre talked about assessment tools for Musculoskeletal Disorders... Keep Reading

Why are women more exposed to MSDs? What can we do to protect them? 05 January 2022 Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can affect all workers, but women are among those who are particularly exposed to a number of work-related physical, psychosocial and organisational factors associated... Keep Reading

Condition Management Programme update 24 November 2021 The Condition Management Programme helps you manage your health condition to allow you to progress towards, move into and stay in employment. The programme is led by healthcare professionals, such as ... Keep Reading

COVID-19 booster vaccination - who is eligible 09 November 2021 Final advice on booster vaccines has been issued by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).Booster vaccines will be offered to:those living in residential care homes for older adul... Keep Reading

BOHS Ventilation tool 03 November 2021 BOHS and HSE develop free ventilation tool to help limit the transmission of Covid-19 in workplacesThe British Occupational Hygiene Society, a scientific charity and the Chartered Society for Worker H... Keep Reading

Mental health status of the Northern Ireland population in employment 25 October 2021 The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) has published research examining the mental health status of the Northern Ireland population in employment, in particular, looking at differ... Keep Reading

Announcing the Occupational Health Risk Navigator 12 October 2021 A new tool has been launched by the Workplace Health Leadership GroupCalled the Occupational Health Risk Navigator it is designed to aid understanding of health risks within the workplace.Currently co... Keep Reading

World Suicide Prevention day on 10th September 2021 16 September 2021 As part of World Suicide Prevention day on 10th September 2021 the young persons suicide prevention charity Papyrus (https://www.papyrus-uk.org) launched a 90 second animated video.Called Sinking Feel... Keep Reading

Shingles 08 September 2021 A recent blog from Health Assured talks about employees, work and shingles.It answers the question Should employees with shingles come to work? as well as giving other general information about the co... Keep Reading