Health & Safety

Welding risk assessment

In this guide, we'll discuss safety hazards, risk management, and adequate control measures for welding.

The employer’s menopause toolkit

According to research, the UK could lose 14 million working days a year due to menopause-related symptoms.

Stress Risk Assessment

Employers are legally responsible to protect employees from work-related stress by conducting a risk assessment and taking appropriate action.

Menopause at Work

In this guide, we’ll look at what menopause is; different types of symptoms; and how to support menopausal employees.

Hand Tools

When you think of hand tools, you probably find non-powered staples like hammers, spanners, or screwdrivers coming to mind.

Managing Contractors

From time to time, a business may need to operate flexibly to offer employment.

HSE overlooking serious workplace accidents due to lack of resources

Read our blog on the affect that a lack of resources is having on the HSE

HSE overlooking serious workplace accidents due to lack of resources

Read our blog on the affect that a lack of resources is having on the HSE

Can my employee take time off work for period pain?

You’re about to start work when you get a call from your employee. It’s that time of the month, they say. And they tell you they’ve spent most of the night doubled over with agonising cramps. They say they’re not fit to work and ask if they can take the day off.

Can my employee take time off work for period pain?

You’re about to start work when you get a call from your employee. It’s that time of the month, they say. And they tell you they’ve spent most of the night doubled over with agonising cramps. They say they’re not fit to work and ask if they can take the day off.

Ask Kate: my employee's been signed off work with stress. Help!

Whenever a staff issue comes up, Peninsula advisers are on hand to help. There’s no query too big, too small, or too bizarre for our experts to unpack.

Ask Kate: my employee's been signed off work with stress. Help!

Whenever a staff issue comes up, Peninsula advisers are on hand to help. There’s no query too big, too small, or too bizarre for our experts to unpack.

Whenever substances that are hazardous to health are present in the workplace employers are under a duty to make sure that they cannot and are not allowed to cause ill-health to any person.

Every employer and every person in control of shared premises where there are commercial relationships has a responsibility for fire safety arrangements and procedures at those premises.

Occupational health surveillance gives an early indication of onset of occupational ill health allowing corrective action to be taken before it can develop into a long term of significant problem.

Employers are required to take reasonably practicable measures to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees whilst they are at work.

1 in 4 of us experience a mental health problem each year. Which means it’s highly likely you employ somebody who struggles with their wellbeing.

It's never been more important to take menopause seriously.