World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28th April 2017 According to the United Nations, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases every day across the world – that’s more than 2.3 million deaths per year. 317 million accidents occur on the job annually, many of which result in
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The truth about Lone Working: One social worker’s honest account
Roughly 22% of the working population spend time ‘Lone Working,’ ie, isolated in any environment or building. Employees can become victims of verbal abuse, harassment, threat and even physical violence, when working alone. Katy* is a 22 year old social worker from South Wales. She regularly works alone, and feels that despite being aware of
The groundbreaking steps we’ve made in resolving conflict
Conflict Resolution Day 2015 Conflict Resolution Day is an annual day of celebration, highlighting the steps we, as a society, have made towards tackling conflict in public sectors, schools and the workplace. It is held on the third Thursday of October every year. The image above shows various buzzwords relating to conflict resolution, including ‘negotiation,’
