Category: Health and Safety
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UNISON urges HSE to improve COVID guidance for employers
The union is highlighting the particular risk to vulnerable workers UNISON has written to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ...
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Safe Work after Lockdown
The attached pdf contains important information about the safe return to work after lockdown and information for those who continue ...
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Be on the safe side
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has shown the important role Health & Safety Representatives have in the workplace. During the 15 ...
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Communities & Families – Online Meeting
For those returning to work – or working alongside colleagues as they come back into the workplace – we need ...
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Help defeat COVID19 by becoming a health and safety rep
CORONAVIRUS Education staff: Why not think about becoming a health and safety rep. in your school? Never have they been ...
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Health & Safety Update
Your March Health & Safety Update is now available online covering •Coronavirus (COVID-19) •Andrew Barnett •Fire Safety Compliance •Asbestos Team ...
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UNISON Health & Safety June Update
Your June Health & Safety Update is now available online covering Dispute over Disbanding of the Asbestos and Surveying Team ...
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Workers Memorial Day – Taking Control Removing Dangerous Substances from the Workplace
The annual Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration was held on 28 April at the memorial tree in Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh ...
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UNISON withdraws support for Take 5 Risk Assessments
Your latest Health, Safety & Wellbeing update is now available online Call for re-introduction of health and safety committees UNISON ...
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Unions call for action as surveys show level of violence towards staff in Edinburgh schools and classes
UNISON and EIS surveys published today paint a bleak picture of the violence in Edinburgh’s schools and classes suffered by ...