Workplace health needs assessment 02 March 2020
Public Health England have produced a workplace health needs assessment to assist employers understand where to prioritise investment in staff health and wellbeing especially when moving beyond the ba...
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Addiction Control17 February 2020
Inspire Workplaces have a two page self help sheet outlining the many ways to get help and support for potential substance addictions.Download the sheet....
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Is your Asbestos Management Survey fit for purpose?04 February 2020
HSENI has produced an article on Asbestos Management Surveys. It continues to target the risks associated with asbestos along with other hazards that contribute to occupational cancers and lung disord...
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Top tips for managing allergies at work30 January 2020
System Concepts have produced a very informative fact sheet for managing allergies at work. As well as tips for both employer and employee it lists some court cases and examples of reasonable adjustme...
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Winter Working13 January 2020
Winters in the UK and Ireland may seem mild compared to some countries, however, working in very cold temperatures during winter can still have a serious impact on an employees health.Download the NI ...
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Managing employees with work-exacerbated asthma04 January 2020
A recent article in personneltoday.com outlines how effective collaboration with an OH multi-professional team including an OH nurse, physician and hygienist helped and employee returned to work safel...
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Quarry Workers five times more likely to die from COPD 14 December 2019
A Quarry Worker is five times more likely to die from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), than a worker in the general population.These are the shocking figures which were recently communica...
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2019 Best place to work: Opinium14 December 2019
Research Live report on the winner of their 2019 MRS Research Live award for Best Place to Work. Opinium, a strategic insight agency have won the Award 3 out of the last 4 years.Read about the changes...
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Workplace Health Conference20 November 2019
Northern Ireland Employers see the benefits of managing Workplace Health at last weeks Conference....
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Understanding suicide in construction05 October 2019
SHP has featured an article on suicide in construction.In his article author Dr Nick Bell discusses the wider implications for the construction industry.Read his article at this link....
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Event - Don't let it under your skin03 October 2019
The Workplace Health Leadership Group in parnership with British Occupational Hygoene Society are delighted to welcome Dr Helen Taylor, Partner, Enviroderm to deliver a presentation on -Safe SkinFocus...
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World Suicide Day04 September 2019
10th September is World Suicide Prevention Day. To mark the day changeyourmindni.org are running a month-long campaign called The Art of Active Listening which highlights the importance of listening a...
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The UK wellbeing index10 August 2019
Belfast is in the bottom 3 cities in the UK according to Westfield Healths first Wellbeing Index league.Reading like a state of the nation wellbeing report their index reveals a myriad of interesting ...
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GMB supports Labour’s call for a maximum temperature27 July 2019
GMB, Britains general union, has backed Labours call for a maximum temperatureWith temperatures set to reach a scorching 37 degrees this week, Labour is calling for a legal threshold to protect worker...
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Free e-learning courses for mental health awareness29 June 2019
Mind UK (in conjunction with FSB) are now providing free online courses for SMEs to help raise awareness of mental health in their organisation.The courses will help your employees better understand a...
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