As the cold season creeps up on us, parents all around the country are getting back into the routine of the school run, the homework sessions and, of course, the general worries of leaving your children for the day.
Although at the forefront of your mind might be on getting your child to school on time, ironing the uniform properly or even just wondering where on earth they left their other shoe, health and safety needs to play a part. The nights are growing darker, the temperature is rapidly dropping which means dangers are becoming more prominent.
We’d like to take this time to inform you of the things you should be considering before sending your children plodding off to school.
Getting Health and Safety right at work doesn’t have to cost the earth. Research shows that employers can create a happier, more productive, and stress free workplace by putting simple risk reduction processes in place, with the right know how. By investing in training, employers can significantly reduce costs and improve employee welfare and skills.
Unsurprisingly, a conundrum a lot of business owner’s face today is whether to bite the bullet and hire a specialised employee or outsource the work to an external business in a variety of different sectors. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages which are worth taking the time to explore.
As April is stress awareness month, we started to think about stress and how people respond to it in the workplace. Although stress and other mental health illnesses are still often considered as taboos and people still struggle to vocalise when they are experiencing the effects of stress. Gradually more and more people are accepting stress as a social norm and increasingly understand how to talk about and help those affected by it.
