How do you Protect Travelling Employees?
Business travel is an integral part of many jobs and most employees will have to take at least a handful of business trips during their career. Just as when they’re office-based, employers have a responsibility to make sure their travelling employees stay safe and healthy. Despite 86% of employers being unaware that they’re necessary, conducting […]
How can you Improve Travel Safety in the Workplace?
Around one in five business travellers from the UK, Germany, Singapore, France and India have had to change their plans on a business trip due to concerns about travel safety. With corporate travel playing such a central role in the work of so many organisations, staying safe and healthy on these trips is of paramount […]
Employer Duty of Care for Business Travel
Employers have a duty of care to their employees – a legal and moral obligation to do everything in their power to reduce the risks of injury or illness befalling their staff. At no time is this more important than when employees are away on business trips. Although it can be beneficial for workers and […]
Corporate Travel Management
Corporate Travel Management (CTM) is the business function handling a company’s strategic approach to travel, including vendor management, traveller safety, the company travel policy and related expenses. There is often a distinction drawn between CTM from the company, which creates the travel policy that all business trips must follow, and the day to day arrangement […]
What is Work-Related Stress?
In this article: What is work-related stress? Signs of stress at work Causes of work-related stress Dealing with stress at work How to manage employee stress levels Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 What is work-related stress? Stress will always be present in the workplace, and it can be a good thing […]
What is the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999?
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR) was introduced to replace a number of other previous regulations in place, brought in to supplement and extend the earlier legislation in place. It moves the focus over to the duties of the employers and their employees, stressing the importance of risk assessments to […]
What Coping Strategies can you use to deal with Stress?
Work is such a prominent part of our everyday lives, and consequently it’s hardly shocking that stress can find its way in. Work-related stress is defined as a harmful reaction that some people have to undue pressures and demands placed on them at work. The problem isn’t a rare one either, as over half a […]
What are the Symptoms of Stress?
Workplace stress will always be present and in small doses it can even be a good thing for productivity and creativity. There’s a fine line between healthy stress and too much stress that can lead to mental health problems. When employees become too stressed, it takes a toll on them personally, as well as the […]
Why are Slips and Trips the Most Common Cause of Injury at Work?
Falls, slips and trips cause more workplace accidents than anything else, and can often lead to other types of accident (for example, a trip leading to a fall from height). In one case, a commis chef slipped in the hotel kitchen he was working in and, as he reached to steady himself, put his arm […]
What Precautions can you Take to Reduce the Risk of Slips and Trips?
Causing nearly a third of UK workplace accidents, slips, trips and falls are a major concern for employers and employees alike. They are the most common cause of workplace injuries, beating the combined total of manual handling and falls from height. Employers should do everything in their power to protect their staff from these incidents. […]
