Health, Safety & Quality Consultancy
A recent survey has revealed that 1 in 5 employees have been forced to take time off work due to stress after dealing with unrealistic expectations.
On November 25th 2013, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) released the new (version 4) of the Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP) “Legionnaires’ Disease: The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems (L8)”.
The HSE has recently published an updated Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L24 which is designed to make it easier for employers, building owners and landlords to meet their obligations on how to protect the health, safety and welfare of their workers.
New information from the HSE state that workers are more likely to have an accident in the first 6 months at a workplace as during the whole of the rest of their work life. The extra risks are due to:
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