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FFI Safety Fees: Changes You Need to Understand

Andy Thorogood — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:37:06 +0000

FFI – as acronyms go it’s an ‘open goal’...if you’re looking for a cheap larf that is. As ideas go, FFI is more of an ‘own goal’ but it ain’t no laughing matter because this particular Government wheeze, introduced last October, is helping to undermine 170 years of progress in workplace safety. The evidence is that the scheme is spectacularly failing […]

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The Dave-Vince Code: an alchemist’s cookbook for workplace injury and social injustice.

Andy Thorogood — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:02:00 +0000

Image: Zimbio 'Occult futurists', Prime Minister David Cameron (Dave) and Business Secretary Vince Cable (Vince), have together developed a secret plan 'The Dave-Vince Code' which is designed to dismantle health and safety legislation in the UK on...

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RoSPA ‘hits the nail on the head’ in ground-breaking analysis of accident statistics

Andy Thorogood — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:11:54 +0000

In a ground-breaking review of government statistics, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) says the 'true impact' of accidents is hidden. Photo: BBC images According to the charity, there should be a "fundamental re-appraisal"...

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One in five construction workers at risk says UCATT

Andy Thorogood — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:04:40 +0000

(Photo: UCATT) In a hard-hitting new report, UCATT, the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, has found that almost one in every five construction workers is now classified as 'at risk'. Based on a review of the current enforcement...

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US Health and Safety Laws and UK Business

Andy Thorogood — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:07:00 +0000

Workplace health and safety regulations not only save lives, they benefit the economy, the USA's top safety official said yesterday. In stark contrast to the UK's government's stance on health and safety in the workplace, David Michaels, assistant...

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Six construction site deaths in one week

Andy Thorogood — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Analysis by construction union UCATT has discovered that six construction workers were killed in the week that the Government announced it was slashing funding to the Health and Safety Executive by 35%.With fears growing that the cuts will mean th...

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Frequency of Workplace Health and Safety Inspections

Andy Thorogood — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0000

With the ink still drying on Lord Young's report on the Compensation Culture, the TUC reports that almost half (49 per cent) of workplaces in the UK have never been visited by a health and safety inspector.The TUC's biennial survey of safety reps,...

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RoSPA Urges Lord Young: Put Safety Before Cost

Andy Thorogood — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:00:00 +0000

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), has today warned Lord Young to keep the emphasis on safety, not cost cutting, when he starts consulting on the implementation phase following his recent report, published on 15th October. ...

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Difficult Week Highlights Health and Safety Gaps

Andy Thorogood — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Cuts to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and to local authority budgets announced in the spending review will make it easier for rogue employers to take unacceptable risks with the health and safety of thier workforce, the TUC claimed today.T...

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