New sentencing guidelines for manslaughter offences were published July this year and will come into force in courts on 1 November 2018. Safety PAL is a unique Health and Safety Management System built from a requirement to ensure companies do what they need to do rather than what they want to do. We always enjoy […]
Author Archives: Karl Spencer
Compliance, Health and Safety, Risk management, Safeguarding employees
The Importance of Managing Fatigue in the Workplace by Abby Hart
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Nowadays, people often glorify overtime culture and not getting enough sleep — all in the name of hustling and hard work. Unfortunately, this has made stress part and parcel of work to the point that its serious repercussions are often overlooked, allowing a seemingly typical “tiring day” to stretch into fatigue. Fatigue is defined […]
Nobody has ever argued Health and Safety isn’t important… What they argue is that health and safety hinders progress, restricts workers from doing a full day’s work, limits managers time by increasing paperwork and it’s is a near impossibility to show and guide every worker safely all of the time everyday. We know you should […]
May 2018 ended with me speaking at an AGM for the Drilling and Saw Association about the New Sentencing Guidelines. Standing at the back of the room waiting to be introduced to speak, the crowd looked a little weary and tired of fellow event speakers, so, as the final speaker, I needed to ensure the […]
When we deliver a Safety PAL demonstration, we always ask the client their reasons for deciding to improve health, safety, environment and quality? Here are 10 of the typical answers were given: We had an accident – it costs tens of thousands and we can’t afford it to happen again. To save money, we need […]
Are Health and Safety problems getting you down? don’t know where to go or what to do? This no jargon workshop is your first step to Health and Safety being a positive, not a burden! Safety PAL’s simple, effective and helpful health and safety advice based on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 will […]
Basic Workplace Training costs are a burden for many companies… An interesting 2 days spent researching the costs of; online, in-house and training centre Health & Safety courses, provided us with some astonishing results: We found basic courses ranging from £25 for a 2-hour online session to £895 for a 2-day training centre course. We […]
How confident is your company in winning compensation claims and not handing over hard-earned cash to a careless worker? Where you aware that thousands and thousands of calls and Google searches are made every month?… “I have had an accident at work, what do I do next?” This article is for the Managing Directors […]
Digital Strategy We all waste time, have inefficiencies that we somehow manage and find it a struggle to stand tall amongst our competitors, furthermore, we could all benefit from managing resource more efficiently. Who needs to read this article? • Board Members who need to realise money can be made from linking business components […]
Of the £7.4million spent on fines so far in 2018, every one of the companies had Employer Liability Insurance, which did not cover 1p of the fines. Employers liability insurance does not cover your costs if you have an accident or breach of health and safety regulations, nor does it provide protection when your company […]