Understanding Safety: How to Approach Worker Consultation
28
Jan
Understanding Safety: How to Approach Worker Consultation ANDY TILLEARD EHS Consultant EazySAFE Worker consultation is a legal requirement within Irish health and safety legislation so that employers can carry out their duties in law to communicate workplace hazards and to promote occupational health and safety. Communications is a key component of any safety management system [...]
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Tags: Employees , Health & Safety , health and safety , OHS , Risk Assessment , safety , safety management , Welfare , Work Act 2005 , Worker communication , Worker Consultation ,
Effective Safety Management: The Business Argument
07
Jan
Effective Safety Management: The Business Argument ANDY TILLEARD EHS Consultant EazySAFE Ireland has a good track record for accidents in the workplace. Data shows that Ireland has the lowest standardised incidence rates (per 100,000 employees) of fatal accidents at work for 2018 and averaged rates from 2015 – 2017 at 0.45 and 0.96 respectively. However, [...]
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Tags: employee wellbeing , Employees , Employer , Health & Safety , health and safety , HSA , OHS , safety management , Welfare ,
Understanding Safety: What is smart PPE?
05
Nov
Understanding Safety: What is smart PPE?  ANDY TILLEARD EHS Consultant EazySAFE PPE (personal protective equipment) has long been recognised as a useful tool in providing a barrier between a person and a hazard. We are all familiar with high visibility vests, hard hats and safety footwear which are probably the most common items of PPE used throughout the [...]
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Tags: Data Protection , employee wellbeing , Employees , Health & Safety , health and safety , OHS , PPE , safety management , SMART PPE , Welfare ,
Vaccinating against workplaces issues
18
Jun
Vaccinating against Workplace issues LISA QUINN O'FLAHERTY Solicitor Fitzsimons Redmond As businesses reopen, and employers contemplate bringing workers back to the physical workplace, there remains a duty to ensure a safe place of work for all employees and the people who come onto their premises. Precautions must be taken to protect workers and others from contracting Covid-19. One way of ensuring [...]
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Tags: COVID-19 , EazySafe , employee wellbeing , Employees , Health & Safety , health and safety , management , MENTAL HEALTH , remote working , Risk Assessment , safety management , Vaccination , workplace wellness ,