Category Archives: Safeguarding employees

World Mental Health Day 2020

At Safety PAL (PLAN ACT LEARN) we have been looking forward to the World Mental Health Day 2020, so we can present the world with new health and wellbeing upgrades. Saturday 10th October 2020 is the international day for global mental health education and awareness. Here at Safety PAL, we have been doing our utmost […]

How Using Safety PAL Succesfully Prevented A £25k Injury Claim

Joanne; Company Director and Safety PAL client explains how she defended a £25k injury claim – no fees and no costs On the morning of the 30th June 2020, we received an injury claim email from an Award-winning Top 200 UK law firm which specialises in helping injured people claim damages in connection with accidents. […]

Are you a fish? (Safety Culture)

According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) “The safety culture of an organisation is the product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behaviour that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of, an organisation’s health and safety management Every morning rain or shine, I go over to […]

Health Surveillance – Delivery and proof

Health Surveillance – Delivery and proof Maximising on the interaction with your employees ensuring they are working safely and staying healthy is essential in reopening your businesses and bringing furloughed workers back to a fully operational enterprise. We recently expanded our suite of health and safety tools to include a unique Wellbeing Monitor; we have […]

New Wellbeing Mood Monitor

As part of one of the biggest weeks in health and safety – Mental Health Awareness Week, Safety PAL has finished 6months of preparation, design, development and testing to include our brand new Wellbeing Mood Monitor as part of our award-winning suite of health, safety and wellbeing tools.   Why did we choose to develop […]

COVID-Secure

Time is ticking, and we all want to return to some form of normality, but as business owners, we need delivery and proof, as Inspectors are out and about.   You and your organisation may have already resumed operations by creating dedicated COVID-19 Company Policy and associated COVID-19 Risk Assessments, including many control measures. But […]

Don’t compromise existing safety measures?

Over the last 13 weeks, I have seen workers adapt to a new way of working, but I have also seen managers and workers ignore established safety policies and procedures. When questioned, their excuse was because of protecting workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   New measures are important. Social distancing is essential and has […]

Safety PAL – The SAFER, SMARTER and FASTER road to recovery

The government will keep us all ​updated ​on COVID-19 restrictions and relaxations over the next few days and weeks. So you and your company may be looking at plans on how to facilitate a return to work operations. We all want to return to some form of normality, but as business owners, we cannot ignore […]

Training is now cheaper and more effective than ever

Workplace Training is now cheaper and more effective than ever The costs businesses incur when having to send employees on training days as well as the employee downtime is a financial burden every business faces. Every business has a legal requirement to provide suitable and sufficient training to help the individual complete the task safely. […]

Working From Home – Knowing Your Responsibilities

Do you fully understand the risk of home-working and do you have in place suitable control measures to ensure home workers are safe as the law requires? It is becoming more and more popular these days for staff to work from home, and especially during this coronavirus outbreak. Governments are asking workers to work from home, but […]