Noise and Vibration




RNID and TUC warn employers to take hearing damage more seriously or face wave of staff compensation claims

RNID and the TUC are warning employers and employees to take hearing damage more seriously now that the new Control of Noise at Work Regulations have come into effect today (6th April 2006). RNID and the TUC welcome the tighter Noise at Work regulat...

6 April 2006
RNID and TUC warn employers to take staff hearing more seriously

With one month to go, RNID and the TUC are warning employers and employees to take hearing damage more seriously in preparation for the new Control of Noise at Work Regulations coming into effect on 6th April 2006. The tighter Noise at Work regulati...

7 March 2006
Breaking the sound barrier: A New Year challenge for workers and employers

The UK's workforce will be facing a new challenge today (Tuesday), the first day back for many after the Christmas break. Leading charity, RNID, and the TUC are teaming up to ask workers and their managers to Break the Sound Barrier and take the cha...

3 January 2006
24 hour opening means workers at greater risk of hearing loss warns TUC and RNID

RNID and the TUC are today (Monday) warning that changes in the Licensing Act, allowing 24 hour opening, will lead to an increased likelihood of workers in bars, clubs and pubs being exposed to dangerously loud noise for longer. They fear extended o...

24 October 2005
'Ear-splitting' music deafening bar and club workers

The UK's 568,000 bar, pub and club workers are being subjected to music so loud that they could lose or permanently damage their hearing, according to a report published jointly today (Wednesday) by RNID and the TUC.

8 December 2004
London seeks to lead Britain in the challenge to secure better health and safety at work

A world class city must have world class workplaces, that means aspiring to and achieving world class standards of health and safety at work - not for some, but for all. And the roadmap for turning that dream into a reality includes there being a hea...

19 November 2004



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