All health and safety articles
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News2023 will bring heightened levels of unrest
Further geopolitical disruption expected as crisis management teams remain in ‘perma-crisis’ mode
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WTW names head of crisis management, APAC
Ensuring health and safety of staff is a “business imperative” given increasing duty of care regulations
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Rising global risks to impact business travel in 2023
Organisations must handle multiple physical and mental health issues to maintain Duty of Care responsibilities
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Decline in workplace health contributes to ‘quiet quitting’
Mental health issues alone are expected to cost firms $16 trillion in output by 2030
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Why wellbeing is becoming a strategic priority
With 40% of workers facing burnout and many ‘quietly quitting’, the onus is on organisations to act
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Pinning down inflation effects
Soaring inflation is creating issues on many levels - but there are things you as a risk manager can do
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Supply chain security under threat
Disruptive economic, societal and geopolitical influences are altering global supply chain risk profiles
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Bangladesh depot blast caused by mislabelled chemicals
ILO calls for improved safety campaigns targeting transport, logistics and emergency-service providers
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Opportunity to build societal resilience post pandemic
Pandemic is a call to action for insurers to help close the protection gap in life and health across APAC markets, finds Swiss Re
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Travel and working patterns to stabilise by year-end
Nearly half of respondents in Asia anticipated that stability could take between 12 months and 3 years to be reached
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CROSS urges attention to risk management
Engineers must consider risk management at a “fundamental level” following structural collapses and tragic building fires
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Mental health crisis to test firms in 2022
Having adequate resources to deal with the pandemic is a top challenge for Asian firms in 2022 - International SOS
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People risks - lessons from COVID
Speakers at this year’s Duty of Care summit highlighted the importance of mental health and pandemic preparedness
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Almost half of food recalls avoidable - RQA
A large majority of recalls emanate from packaging mistakes, which are costly, reputationally damaging and avoidable
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2021 to bring ecopolitical turbulence
Employers will need to go through an evolution in their Duty of Care provisions, just as they did post 9/11
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NSW tackles unsafe cladding
New scheme will offer financial incentives to the owners of high-rise properties to replace dangerous cladding
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Counting down to a vaccine
There are positive signs that a Covid-19 vaccine is close. How should risk managers ensure the health and safety of returning staff?
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Singapore work injury laws: what you need to know
Major changes to Singapore’s work injury compensation laws are set to come into effect, increasing liability for employers. Here’s what you need to know
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Why firms must focus on staff well-being
Risk managers and HR need to collaborate to ensure employees are supported in a post-pandemic world - Mercer
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Health & safety post COVID
Health and safety regulations are under the microscope more than ever before, but significant global differences in approach remain
