Health and Safety

TUC spells health and safety

It took union campaigns to deliver the comprehensive health and safety legislation that the UK workforce enjoys.

The new issue of Hazards Magazine is out now

But it takes union know how, resources and campaigns to make workplaces as safe as possible. That's why TUC and unions provide high calibre resources and training for trade union safety reps.

These union reps are the reason union workplaces are safer workplaces. This website is part of TUC's work to ensure union safety reps have the information and resources to continue and to improve that work

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Hazards at Work online The  chapters on individual risks from the TUC publication "Hazards at Work" are now available on-line. To access them click on a subject on the left of this page and if there is a corresponding chapter available then you can access it through the green box that appears on the page

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The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Risks 413 - 4 July 2009
Health and safety newsletter 4 July 2009
PDF version available for download
3 July 2009

Employers urged to cool down their offices and their staff
With a heatwave warning in place this week for parts of the UK, and temperatures predicted to soar as high as 32oC, the TUC is today (Wednesday) calling on employers to relax office dress codes and cool down their overheating offices and their wilting employees.
1 July 2009

Don't let them victimise Penny!
A trade union safety rep was fired last month - just for trying to keep her workplace safe.
PDF version available for download
26 June 2009

TUC spells out how to get rehab right
Rehabilitation of sick or injured workers needs the right services available at the right time and an understanding of the particular job and needs of the affected worker, a new TUC guide says.
PDF version available for download
26 June 2009

Risks 412 - 27 June 2009
Health and safety newsletter 27 June 2009
PDF version available for download
26 June 2009

Employers urged to do more to protect staff from the sun
Many of the 2,000 people who die every year as a result of skin cancer will have suffered harmful exposure to the sun whilst at work, says the TUC today (Friday) as it urges employers to do more to protect their staff who have to work outside.
26 June 2009

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