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Exercise in Lockdown
Exercise in Lockdown Some tips for you and your team COLIN O'NEILL EHS Consultant EazySAFE We all know that exercise is good for us. We also know it has major benefits both mentally and physically. However, the reality is, most of us will admit we do not do enough of it! Our physical and mental health is now more than ever, [...]
Looking after your Mental Health in Lockdown
Looking after your Mental Health in Lockdown Starting 2021 the right way ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant EazySAFE As we begin a new year in lockdown (and the chaos that this brings to our lives), we must pay closer attention to our wellbeing. Whether you are working from home or back in the workplace, the current restrictions are having a negative impact [...]
Fire Safety in the Home
Fire Safety in the Home GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE We are in our homes a lot more these days, using a lot more energy and a lot more appliances! If you have never thought about fire safety in your home, then please do not put it off. Review it now and plan, it's [...]
Wellness at Christmas
Wellness at Christmas 12 Days of Self-Care GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE Christmas 2020 will be a very different experience for many people across the world this year. Most of us have never experienced a year like this one and all we want to do is see our families and loved ones and spend [...]
Caring for Pregnant Employees
Caring for Pregnant Employees GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE Pregnancy can be one of the most vulnerable times of a woman’s life. So, it’s important that when a woman is at work, she can feel safe, protected and as comfortable as possible. Legislation: To help ensure this is the case, there is legislation that [...]
Managing public safety in light of COVID-19
Managing public safety in light of COVID-19 TONY MANGAN EHS Consultant EazySAFE COVID-19 is upon us and it is everyone’s responsibility to keep each other safe. Employers are responsible for the health and wellbeing of their staff and of everyone in their workplace. This includes contractors, part-time staff, suppliers, visitors and the public. In this [...]
Breastfeeding at Work – Advice for Employers.
Breastfeeding at Work. Advice for Employers. LISA QUINN O'FLAHERTY Solicitor Fitzsimons Redmond The purpose of a Pregnant Employee (New & Expectant Mothers) Risk Assessment is to examine the work activities carried out by employees and determine the suitability of the activities with regard to pregnant employees while their body changes. When a mother returns to [...]
COVID-19 Protocols and the Importance of Risk Assessments for Return to Work
Covid-19 Protocols and the importance of Risk Assessments for Return to Work TONY MANGAN EHS Consultant EazySAFE A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm in terms of human injury or ill health, such as work materials, equipment, work methods or practices, poor work design or exposure to harmful agents such as chemicals, [...]
Restriction Fatigue
Restriction Fatigue How We Can Promote Wellbeing Through the Hardest of Times. ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant EazySAFE As we live through another six weeks of restrictions it’s difficult to imagine how we can promote wellbeing when the mood of the whole country is one of frustration and fatigue. More of us are being asked to [...]
Workplace air quality – A risk mitigating strategy for spread of airborne viruses
Workplace air quality – A risk mitigating strategy for spread of airborne viruses DAVID CRUISE Marketing Manager Camfil On the 6th of July 2020, 239 leading scientists from over 32 different countries signed a research document to say that Covid-19 was an airborne virus. So what did this mean? Well, focussing on hand hygiene, social [...]