BSI, the business standards company, has revised the its code of practice: BS 9999:2017 Fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings – its first update for nine years. The code of practice applies to fire safety in commercial buildings. The revised standard is intended to provide good practice to safeguard the lives of building occupants and fire-fighters. BS 9999 provides recommendations and guidance on the provision of measures to control or mitigate the effects of fire, including business continuity and the environment. Th... Continue reading

The Healthy Work Company and Tim Marsh have announced a new conference to help health and safety professionals tackle mental health in the workplace. Taking place on 11 May at the British Medical Association in London, the conference boasts a line up of highly respected leaders in the field, including keynote speaker Alistair Campbell, psychologists Tim Marsh and Sharon de Mascia, HR expert Pam Loch and industry peers Judith Grant, Clive Johnson and Karl Simons. Mental health and well-being is increasingly being recognised as an important par... Continue reading

Banks, energy companies and other essential service providers must change the way they operate to give customers with mental health problems equal access to good customer service, a leading mental health think tank has advised, following new research published by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. The report, Seeing through the fog: how mental health problems affect financial capability, fully demonstrates for the first time how financial capability – people’s ability to manage everyday financial tasks like paying bills or budge... Continue reading

Ten of the most bizarre excuses used by bosses found to have underpaid workers the National Minimum Wage have been revealed by the Government. The list has been published to coincide with a new awareness campaign to encourage workers to check their pay to ensure they are receiving at least the statutory minimum, ahead of the National Minimum and National Living Wages rising on 1 April 2017. Investigators from HMRC have revealed some of the worst excuses given to them by employers caught out for underpaying staff, which include: The emp... Continue reading

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