Health & Wellbeing

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.

Amey has teamed up with social enterprise Ethical Stationery and a group of South London charities in Croydon to package and distribute face coverings to its 16,000 UK employees, including more than 10,000 key workers.

Workers keen for PPE as part of workplace return

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.

A survey from Office Space in Town (OSiT) showed that the majority of employees (95 per cent) would return to work if a vaccine is found.

Employers plan ‘staggered’ workplace return

Six in 10 engineering services businesses (63 per cent) are having “sustained difficulty” in obtaining suitable face masks for use on site, says the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).

The pandemic has exacerbated feelings of loneliness at work, says Cyril Parsons.

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.

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has announced a new task group that will develop a definition of social value for the built environment sector.

BSI, the business improvement company, has launched a new Workplace Hygiene Solution including standards, consultancy, training, auditing and the BSI Kitemark.