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Every employee should feel safe and protected while at work, and it’s up to you as an employer to ensure they feel this by following the law and putting measures in place to reduce potential risk.

In this article, we’re going to look at how you can incorporate healthy work practices in your business and continue working safely with COVID – as it’s not completely gone away, yet!

If you’re working in an automotive workshop, there are plenty of potential risks and hazards that you may be subjecting your staff to.

Here are some of the most common hazards that you – and your staff – should be aware of, and how you can minimise them.

Construction sites are hazardous places so before you commence any project, you should conduct a thorough risk assessment to identify anything that could potentially cause your worker’s harm.

Work with your employees to identify these hazards so they understand, accept and work to implement improvements to enhance their safety.

The new PPE regulation will be called the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (PPER 2022) and will be updating the PPER 1992 Regulations.

Rules on PPE will be brought up to date and will extend the duties of employers regarding personal protective equipment to keep workers safe.

Simple food hygiene practices are essential, no matter how small or big your kitchen is. A kitchen is a place where bacteria and germs can quickly grow and multiply, which could potentially lead to cases of food poisoning, or other food-related illnesses.

Although you may think that working in a restaurant isn’t as risky as working in construction or in a warehouse, there are still plenty of risks that could cause accidents in the workplace.

There are a number of industries that require proper PPE in order for employees to feel safe at work, but did you know which industry has the best safety culture?

With lots of new recruits coming into your warehouse, one of the most important considerations that you will have to think about is how you can keep your staff safe when they’re operating machinery and on the warehouse floor.

You may have a good PPE policy in place, and your employees may be happy with wearing protective clothing, but are you protecting them as well as you could be?