SEMINARS ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN THE WORKPLACE
A series of seminars which will focus on ‘Drugs and Alcohol at Work – Managing Reasonable Suspicion’ will be hosted by the EAP Institute over the coming months in Dublin, Continue Reading →
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NISO CONFERENCE 2019 IS HEADING WEST!
NISO’s 56th Annual Health and Safety Conference and Trade Exhibition will take place this year in Galway’s Galmont Hotel on 11 October. The following speakers will present on the conference Continue Reading →
SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO REFORM IRELAND’S COMPO CULTURE
Most people agree that there’s a need to reform the way personal injury compensation is determined in this country, according to the findings of a survey presented at a conference Continue Reading →
WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM FOR PRACTITIONERS & RESPONDERS
Irish College of Paramedics will host a one-day wellbeing event on Saturday 11 May, in association with UCC College of Medicine and Health at the Brookfield Health Science Complex, College Road, Cork, to Continue Reading →
SHARON McGUINNESS APPOINTED CEO OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY
Dr Sharon McGuinness, who took over from Martin O’Halloran as CEO of the Health and Safety Authority on 1 July, has been congratulated on her appointment by Minister Pat Breen Continue Reading →
ONLINE COURSE AVAILABLE FOR SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES
The Health and Safety Authority has launched a short online course for new and current safety reps to raise awareness of their role, and to provide the relevant health and Continue Reading →
DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED EMPLOYEE HEALTH & WELLBEING PROGRAMME
A seminar on ‘Developing an Integrated Employee Health and Wellbeing Programme’ will be hosted by the EAP Institute on Thursday 20 September in the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise.
IRISH WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION’S SAFETY AWARD FOR INNOVATION
The Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) presented its inaugural safety innovation award to Seamus Hampson, EHS Manager with Siemens Gamesa, at its recent health and safety conference in Co. Laois.
MEDICALL AMBULANCE SERVICE PICKS UP VANSAFE STANDARD
Medicall Ambulance Service, a private ambulance service based in Dublin, has achieved the Freight Transport Association Ireland VanSafe standard, which gives recognition to van operators for managing and maintaining their commercial Continue Reading →
ISO 45001 SETS THE SAFETY STANDARD
With 2.78 million fatalities worldwide each year by work-related injury or ill health, the new global standard ISO 45001 (which was launched in March) can encourage “much-needed solutions”, according to Continue Reading →