This month’s Broadcast includes important contributions from our HR, Health & Safety and Compliance teams, all on the subject of Covid and the impact it continues to have on businesses throughout the UK, from supporting employees with Long-Covid, continuing to manage the risk of contamination (this includes an updated Risk Assessment template for you) and […]
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The end of shielding and what it means for employers
It is anticipated that over the next two weeks, up to 3.79 million clinically extremely vulnerable people in England will be informed via letter that they are no longer advised to shield from Thursday 1 April 2021. This news arrives as more than 9 in 10 clinically extremely vulnerable people have received a first dose […]
Broadcast February 2021
Welcome to this month’s Broadcast, which includes articles about whether you can force an employee to have a vaccine, manual handling and first aid at work during the pandemic. H&S UPDATE: Manual Handling – time for a refresh? Manual handling occurs in practically every workplace and encompasses everything from lifting and supporting a load, through […]
Broadcast October 2020
Welcome to this month’s Broadcast, where our team members from all parts of the business cover topics such as training courses, including our Face Fit Testing Open Day, the affects of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing, the correct disposal of COVID-19 contaminated waste, and the need for Legionella risk assessments. As ever, should you […]
Broadcast October 2020
This month our Group HR Manager, Ben Crawford, covers what we know about the new Job Support Scheme and other initiatives the government has announced in order to protect jobs. Then Paul Kent, Senior Health & Safety Advisor, details which businesses should be using the Test and Trace service, and what the exemptions are. And […]