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Returning to Work After Pregnancy
Returning to Work After Pregnancy LISA QUINN O'FLAHERTY Solicitor Fitzsimons Redmond There are a number of circumstances that may be in play when a worker returns to work after pregnancy. In some circumstances, the worker may have experienced miscarriage. There is no right to miscarriage leave in Irish law, but the worker may have [...]
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE We hear the term risk assessments bandied about all the time regarding health and safety. However, from my experience, many people are unaware of how important they are, what they are and how they really are the foundation of ensuring you are adhering to health and safety legislation and [...]
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Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement JENNY COLLINS EHS Consultant EazySAFE It has been over a year since the Irish Government enforced social distancing measures to control the spread of COVID-19. Overnight, our lives had changed, we were forced to adapt, to create a new way of living to regain stability and cope with the demands of this novel [...]
Learning for Wellbeing
Learning for Wellbeing Alan White Wellness Consultant EazySAFE The concept of lifelong learning is something that many of us have heard of but few have embraced. For a lot of people, the completion of formal education was a transition from a life phase of learning to one of career and work. Photo by Tim Mossholder [...]
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Wellbeing
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Planning Your Return to Work
Planning Your Return to work JENNY COLLINS EHS Consultant EazySAFE The Irish Government have issued an easing of COVID-19 restrictions with a phased return to the office, emphasising flexibility from 20 September 2021. This brings a lot of consideration and yet more change for Organisations. COVID-19 forced a mandatory ‘work from home’ arrangement from March [...]
Returning to the Workplace
Returning to the Workplace GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE Did the title of this article fill you with fear or excitement? The answer will give you a good insight as to how the general working population is feeling about the eventual full return to the workplace. Almost 2 years later and so many employees are still [...]
Outline of Global Sustainability in OHS
Outline of Global Sustainability in OHS ANDY TILLEARD EHS Consultant EazySAFE What is sustainability? A common definition for sustainability, in general, is to ensure that we have "…ability to meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs." It fundamentally relates to the available resources that we [...]
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Basic Electrical Safety in the Workplace
Basic Electrical Safety in the Workplace Gemma Doyle EHF Consultant EazySAFE We use electricity every day, all day! There are practically zero occupations in the world that do not expose employees to electricity. Sometimes we can forget how dangerous electricity can be if it is not respected and if it is not maintained correctly. You [...]
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Health & Safety Tips
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Safety Culture
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Safety in the Home
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Safety Management
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Workplace Culture
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Workplace Wellness
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Back to School with Wellbeing in Mind
Back to School with Wellbeing in Mind Alan White Wellness Consultant EazySAFE Many of us are beginning to feel the inevitable end of summer anxiety, which brings with it the return to school for thousands of families all over the country. After what has been an extremely challenging time for many of us including our [...]
The Four Days Week Phenomenon
The Four Days Week Phenomenon LISA QUINN O'FLAHERTY Solicitor Fitzsimons Redmond The Four Day Work Week is a revolutionary shift in how we look at our working lives. It alters the entire institution of work, and gives employees a day back each week. Studies have shown when workplaces move to a Four Day Work [...]