Workplace Safety

Expert Advice to Stay Safe at Work...

Workplace safety affects us all. It doesn't matter whether you're an employer or an employee, a self-employed trader or a director of a large company. You might even be a customer who uses a shop, or a client who visits business premises. Despite this, many people don't know their safety rights and responsibilities.We provide everything you need to address your interests and concerns.

March's Most Popular Articles...

When Your Employer Changes Your Working Hours: For many people working 9 to 5 is just not a reality. Clearly, businesses need to have staff working at relevant times to meet the… [13618 views in Mar]
Zero Hours Contracts Explained: What are zero hour contracts? Essentially these are employment contracts with no guaranteed hours. This means that employees are not guaranteed any work… [11516 views in Mar]
Sickness: Your Rights: Whether you love your job or you loathe it, there is every chance that there will come a point when you are not well enough to do it. At the start of any new job,… [5344 views in Mar]
Employer Has Changed My Shifts: What Are My Rights?: The Issues The suggestion that an employer may force someone to work nights is certainly worrying. Employers who take this… [4250 views in Mar]
Guide to Your Rights When Working Alone: We're often asked the general question: Is it legal to work alone? It is not against the law to work alone, and in many cases it is perfectly… [3480 views in Mar]
Understanding Your Employment Contract: Once the excitement of landing your job wears off, you now have to think clearly about the contract of employment you'll be offered. Once… [3360 views in Mar]

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Latest Comments

Stevie
Re: Working At Night
Are night workers able to work 12 nights in a row, doing a 12 hour shift. With only one night off.

4 March 2021
kags
Re: Employer Has Changed My Shifts: What Are My Rights?
I work on a rolling rota and look after 2 grandsons on days off ..my employer and changed my shift…

4 March 2021
Tonto
Re: Working with Dangerous Substances
Hi work on the highways and we work both days and nights, although we are busy throughout the year on both and the company…

3 March 2021
Kristen
Re: Sexual Harassment at Work
I was extremely short of breath and constantly tired due to my Emphysema, I was introduced to VineHealth Center and their COPD Herbal…

26 February 2021
Kristenchavez50
Re: COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes
I was extremely short of breath and constantly tired due to my Emphysema, I was introduced to…

26 February 2021
Ginger
Re: Sickness: Your Rights
Question about filling in a SSP note.I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis and this week have taken a week of work with severe pain and…

22 February 2021
Pedro
Re: Working At Night
Hi , we work 19 days straight on a 6:00 - 14:00 then 12 hour days on the weekend then 14:00 - 22:00 for the week the do 12 hour nights that…

21 February 2021
arsenal 65
Re: Employer's Duty of Care
my boyfriend is an engineer working on different lift's from passenger disabled kids space hotels and dumb waiter's and OAP he's got an…

21 February 2021
Dougie
Re: Working At Night
Hi can I work 7 nightshift on and seven off.? Is there any law that say I can't?

19 February 2021
Rods
Re: Employer Has Changed My Shifts: What Are My Rights?
I use to work a 3 shift patern but for the last 3 months i rotate from normal 8 hour shifts to 12…

18 February 2021