Unite the Union has sent an open letter to Mark Reynolds, the skills workstream lead of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), warning that the organisation’s site operating procedures (SOP) are placing workers at risk.
As high-risk working environments, construction sites demand comprehensive health and safety solutions. Access health and safety software puts you firmly in control.
The employment team at Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP discusses the key considerations for employers in the construction industry as staff prepare to return to work.
There could be another surge in mental health problems across construction, as BESA urges firms to take a proactive approach to assessing wellbeing to avoid “a ticking time bomb of cases”.
CITB has worked with the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) to produce a range of interactive checklists and forms to help construction employers apply ‘site operating procedures’.
Renown Consultants Limited has been handed a £450,000 fine for failing to ensure that two of its workers were sufficiently rested to work and travel safely.
Damon Culbert from SMAS Worksafe explores how health and safety on construction sites is being managed and will be managed in the future amid the Covid-19 crisis.
26% of construction industry professionals thought about taking their own lives in 2019, as job insecurity, long hours, time away from families, lack of support from HR and late payments all contributed to the ‘silent crisis’.
Here are a few essential, preventative measures for you and your drivers to keep in mind if you are still on the frontlines. Even with social distancing, it’s vital to be diligent.
As construction sites across London begin to open, Unite has urged sites to stagger their opening times to avoid congestion and the spread of coronavirus on bus and transport system.
