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Proper preparation and planning: successful safety implementation, part two
6 March 2014 - Evotix
We recently looked at how a renewed impetus on safety can reinvigorate a workforce and improve motivation and now we’d like to go into a bit more detail about to undertake such a programme. A considered roll out of any new procedures or working practices is essential not just to gaining initial..
The Health and Safety Twitterati
20 February 2014 - Evotix
Believe it or not, there’s much, much more to Twitter than footballers putting their foot in it and Justin’s army of Beliebers. To prove it, SHE Software has collected a list of safety’s social media..
Show some respect: successful safety implementation
29 January 2014 - Evotix
Health and safety management and compliance in the workplace can mean one of two things: box-ticking and lip service (i.e. the bare minimum), or a conscious effort to implement a genuine improvement...
Behind amusing anecdotes is a real risk to health and safety
13 December 2013 - Evotix
Health and safety is often met by groans quickly followed by an anecdote about an overzealous deployment of restrictive safety management systems. And it’s true; there is no shortage of examples of..
OHSAS 18001: as easy as one, two, three
9 December 2013 - Evotix
A recent study by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) revealed that among employees’ chief work-related concerns is the impact of the age of austerity on workplace safety – job cuts have increased the..
Health & safety fee for Intervention: Comply now and save later
4 December 2013 - Evotix
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is introducing a cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI), to recoup costs from those breaking health and safety laws. From October, companies that are..
Efficient and reliable health and safety compliance software can deliver financial benefits
1 December 2013 - Evotix
Taking a consistent approach to health and safety management can make running your business more time- and cost-effective. It can help reduce the number of errors and the cost of correcting problems,..
Back to the future
30 November 2013 - Evotix
The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) trains 35,000 candidates each year over 500 vocationally-related qualifications for today’s health and safety professionals...
HSE budget cuts cause an increase in workplace injury and a drain on the public purse
10 March 2013 - Evotix
A new report published September 24 by Stirling University Professors Andrew Watterson and Rory O’Neill places blame on HSE budget cutbacks for the major increase in workplace injuries in the UK. The..
Health and Safety Is A Right Of ALL Workers
1 February 2013 - Evotix
A special guest blog from the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management’s Brian Nimick, on the maltreatment of migrant labour in the UK…