Women and Health and Safety




Employers failing to protect pregnant women at work

The Equal Opportunities Commission recently found that the majority of employers failed to undertake the legally required risk assessments to protect new or expectant mothers at work. Around 350,000 women continue to work during their pregnancy ever...

20 May 2005
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
New powers urgently needed to save lives at work, says the TUC

Commenting on the health and safety statistics 2004 published today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber says they are a 'damning indictment' on the levels of safety and the enforcement regimes in British wor...

18 November 2004
TUC welcomes plans for NHS to claim back cash from negligent employers

TUC General Secretary, Brendan Barber, today welcomed a consultation on the draft Regulations for the new, expanded NHS Injury Costs Recovery (ICR) scheme, published by Health Minister Rosie Winterton.

24 September 2004
employers must do more for women working through the menopause

Many of the UK's two and a half million working women who are in their fifties will be going through the menopause and many of these women's jobs could be making their symptoms worse.

7 March 2003
Welsh employers must do more for women working through the menopause

Many of Wales' 118,000 working women who are in their fifties will be going through the menopause and many of these women's jobs could be making their symptoms worse.

7 March 2003



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