Injured and Disabled Employees: Getting them back to work
Injured and Disabled Employees: Getting them back to work TONY MANGAN Health and Safety Consultant at EazySAFE Have you ever thought you could break a leg or arm on a skiing holiday or falling down the stairs? How about becoming more disabled? Perhaps a stroke? You...
The Benefits of an Effective Safety Committee
The Benefits of an Effective Health and Safety Committee GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE Health and Safety Consultant at EazySAFE Some people may think that there is no need for a safety committee and that may be true, only if the one that you have in place is not effective!...
Challenging our Beliefs for Better Workplace Relationships
Challenging Our Beliefs How Our Perspectives Can Damage Workplace RelationshipsALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant at EazySAFE To promote a culture of wellbeing in the workplace, relationships must be at its core. Developing strong, positive relationships with colleagues...
Understanding Safety – Electrical Safety – PAT Testing Principles and Practice
Understanding Safety - Electrical Safety - PAT Testing Principles and Practice ANDY TILLEARD Health and Safety Consultant at EazySAFE The idea of electrical portable appliance testing (PAT) is relatively recent in Ireland and therefore there can be some confusion...
Winter Wellness for Employees
Winter Wellness for Employees GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE Health and Safety Consultant at EazySAFE Well, it’s that time of the year again, where you may hear a chorus of sniffles and coughs as you walk through any workplace (and if you are like me, hold your breath and hope...
Risks to the Long-Term Health of Irish Workers
Risks to the Long-Term Health of Irish Workers TONY MANGAN Health and Safety Consultant at EazySAFE Health can be defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. An occupational disease,...
Workplace Culture – Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Succeed
Workplace Culture - Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Succeed. ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant at EazySAFE Leaders create cultures in their organisations that promote two different mindsets for their employees. Let's take a closer look at the role you can play as a...
Trends in Health & Safety
Trends in Occupational Health & Safety TONY MANGAN Health and Safety Consultant at EazySAFE Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) has grown in importance in the past decades as governments recognise the cost of poor health and safety, and employees recognise the...
Safe, Seen, Supported. Highlighting Mental Health in the Workplace.
Safe, Seen, Supported. Highlighting Mental Health in the Workplace. ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant at EazySAFE On World Mental Health day it is important that we stop and reflect on the significance of such a day. A day when what was once a hidden and stigmatised...
First Aid in the Workplace
First Aid in the Workplace GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE Health and Safety Consultantat EazySAFE A note before we start... From my experience, First Aid can be one of the first things that a company may try and tackle when they are starting/reviewing their health and safety...
Why Managers Should Listen to Understand, Not Respond
Why Managers Should Listen to Understand, Not Respond ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant at EazySAFE When we think of stress, we immediately think of the negative consequences that it can have on our mental and physical health. Stress and its’ related physical symptoms is...
Confined Spaces – the dangers, the regulations & how to manage them
Confined Spaces – The dangers, the regulations and how to manage them GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE Health and Safety Consultant at EazySAFE I have worked as a safety professional now for well over fifteen years and confined spaces is definitely one of those major hazards that...