The government, in consultation with industry, has produced guidance to help ensure workplaces are as safe as possible.
These 8 guides cover a range of different types of work. Many businesses operate more than one type of workplace, such as an office, factory and fleet of vehicles. You may need to use more than one of these guides as you think through what you need to do to keep people safe.
With local authorities asked by Government to prioritise re-opening household waste recycling sites, the focus now is on how to plan and prepare to ensure that HWRC capacity can safely and efficiently be brought back online. This webinar, for CIWM Members, will assess the latest guidance and thinking across the sector, explore the planning, operational and health and safety considerations involved, and share lessons learned from those who are already in the process of re-opening sites in some capacity. Book your place here.
Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary thanks the waste sector for working so hard to keep essential services running in communities across Scotland.
A message from Sarah Albon on her first year commemorating International Workers’ Memorial Day as HSE’s Chief Executive.
Join HSE and people nationwide observe a minute’s silence at 11am on Today, 28th April 2020 to remember the people behind the numbers and all those who’ve been made ill, injured or died from doing their job.
By Author Stuart Haywood-Higham, Technical Development Director at SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK.
COVID19 RELATED GUIDANCE INFORMATION 21-4-20 – Waste Sector Forum
On the day of its 75-year anniversary, IOSH has set out its policy position on supporting the OSH profession during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our forum member, Public Health Scotland, have provided the following advice and guidance in relation to the COVID-19 situation, specifically regarding Healthy Working Lives (HWL) support.
Healthy Working Lives now have a web page devoted to Covid19 issues, the intention is not to reproduce information but to capture and redirect to key Government and other recognised sites. The topics covered are based on the enquiries coming through the HWL advice line and include Furloughing staff, mental health advice during lockdown and PPE.
Healthy Working Lives Website (HWL)
Another emerging piece of work will look at how to deal with a gradual return to work and in particular social distancing at work. First guidance will be based on the standard information provided at the time, and HWL will then look to offer support to individual sectors on how they do it in practice given their particular work circumstances.
Driver Medicals
The Department for Transport has announced that for those looking to renew a lorry or bus licence at age 45 or over that has expired or is due to expire on or after 1 January 2020, then the requirement for a medical examination report (D4) signed by a doctor will not be required when applying to renew a lorry or bus licence until further notice.
Applications for renewing lorry and bus driving licences during COVID-19