Health & Safety is a matter which all organisations need to prioritise highly. Employers can face costly fines for failing to take the safety of employees seriously enough. Solicitors which previously regarded ‘lone worker safety’ as a minor topic now have whole teams which specialise in workplace incidents and provide apprehensive employees with a lot […]
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Father Christmas – Lone Worker Risk Asse
For 364 days of the year, Santa heads up a crack team of elves at his North Pole base. But on Christmas Eve, as he travels round the globe filling stockings and snacking on mince pies, he operates alone. For 24 hours Father Christmas is a high risk lone worker and, with two weeks to […]
Are You Ready for New Health & Safety En
Tuesday 3rd November saw the release of new guidelines from the Sentencing Council covering penalties for Health & Safety offences in the UK. Billed as “The most dramatic change ..since 1974” the new guidelines mark a robust stance towards Health & Safety violations The sentencing guidelines have been designed to provide a structured approach […]
Follow-Up; Accredited ARCs & the URN Sys
Our previous blog “A Quiet Earthquake; Changes to Lone Worker Guidelines” was well received and sparked considerable debate about the varying lone working standards and their implications for users. As a result we thought the issue required further discussion based on some of the comments we received from readers. Do you have a topic you […]