A white paper published by the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) provides FM organisations with a framework that can help propel them to leading sustainability status.
Version 2 of BSI’s Safe Working Guidelines is published today to help organisations to protect workers from the continuing coronavirus risks, mitigate outbreaks and build long-term resilience.
Frontline workers in countries including China and Italy have reported heightened risk of mental health issues such as depression and post traumatic stress disorder across frontline workers during the pandemic.
Gender, ethnicity, and the nature of the job of a security officer increase the risks that the profession has in exposure to the coronavirus, suggests new analysis.
Black female employees are the least likely to feel empowered to make a decision in the workforce, scoring the lowest across ethnicities and gender with just 57 per cent, according to the annual Empowerment Research by workplace research firm Engaging Works.
Labour has condemned the government’s failure to remove flammable cladding as a “national disgrace” as its analysis shows that up to 56,000 people still live in blocks with Grenfell-style cladding.
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has joined forces with the Security Institute and the Security Commonwealth to run an awareness campaign to highlight the role that security officers play in public life.
More guidance must be offered to employers and workers to help support those with mental health issues in the workplace, according to research by Acas.
Engie has published a workspace guide recommending ways that businesses can adapt a post-Covid-19 workplace while funding these changes with energy savings.
