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Stress & Mental Ill Health in Scotland’s Public Sector

Tweet  Earlier this year Scottish Hazards submitted requests under Freedom of Information seeking information on stress and mental ill health across a number of public bodies, we asked questions relating to staffing levels before and after the economic crash, general

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Book Now! Scottish Hazards Conference – 8 November 2018

TweetEnough is Enough! Health and Safety Cuts Cost Lives It’s that time again folks, time to book your place to join us at our annual conference, being held at the STUC in Glasgow, 10am ’til 4pm on Thursday 8 November

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Local Authority Health and Safety Enforcement; a race to the bottom

TweetLatest figures for health and safety interventions by Local Authority Environmental Health Departments show a concerning picture’ indicating authorities are dancing to the Tory Government’s ideological tune and using their deregulatory agenda to justify cuts in health and safety visits

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Safety Cases; a legacy of Piper Alpha

TweetToday marks the 30th anniversary of Piper Alpha when a number 0f explosions ripped through the offshore installation killing 167 workers and left the lives of 61 survivors and their families changed forever as the impact of surviving such a tragedy

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Scottish Health and Safety Campaigner wins prestigious Health and Safety Award

TweetScottish Health & Safety Campaigner, founder member of Families Against Corporate Killing and Scottish Hazards Trustee Louise Taggart has been named as the most influential person in health and safety for 2018 by the UK wide organisation Safety and Health

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Grenfell – Enough is Enough

TweetOne year on from the tragic events in London where 72 people lost their lives in the fire at Grenfell Tower Scottish Hazards are launching Enough is Enough, reclaiming safety regulation to campaign against deregulation , and for the reversal

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Life and death on a superyacht

TweetWhile the super rich get even richer by exploiting tax laws and workers rights allowing them to participate in the psychophantic courting of celebrity highlighted in this Guardian article the plight of those who look after them appears to be

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Scottish Hazards response to the Scottish Government Suicide Prevention Engagement Paper

TweetThe impact of work on mental health and wellbeing is often ignored and when the most vulnerable workers reach the conclusion that suicide is the answer to their troubles, including any work related issues they may have, then often they

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International Workers Memorial Day – Scottish Events

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Standing at work can be a pain, standing up for your rights is not.

TweetAt last weeks STUC Congress in Aviemore, the work of PCS members in the National Museum of Scotland Branch deservedly received the Frank Maguire Award for Health and Safety for their work in trying to secure what, in normal circumstances,

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