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Remote and hybrid working: how can employers best provide support?

India continues to embrace remote and hybrid working, with large numbers of staff either working from home full time or following a mix of remote and office attendance. However, remote working can create feelings of isolation and loneliness, in turn affecting performance and mental wellbeing, so it’s essential employers have excellent communication and support procedures in place to prevent these problems arising.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 21 October 2026

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AI at work: why employee monitoring may be creating new pressures

India’s information technology companies are rapidly expanding their use of AI in a bid to drive business efficiency and boost innovation. However, commentators warn that the growing use of AI to monitor employees’ work outputs and activities poses a risk to workforce mental health and wellbeing.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 21 October 2026

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Indian government developing social security scheme for gig and platform workers, says labour secretary

In a bid to expand the country’s social security safety net, the Modi government is working on a proposed social security scheme for gig and platform workers, Ministry of Labour and Employment secretary Chandra Bhushan Kumar revealed in a speech to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in September.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 21 October 2026

News

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Indian government developing social security scheme for gig and platform workers, says labour secretary

In a bid to expand the country’s social security safety net, the Modi government is working on a proposed social security scheme for gig and platform workers, Ministry of Labour and Employment secretary Chandra Bhushan Kumar revealed in a speech to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in September.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 21 October 2026

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Remembering British Safety Council India colleague, Anindita Sengupta

By British Safety Council India on 17 September 2026

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Features

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Safety on demand: the role of renting safety equipment in the workplace of the future

Businesses have traditionally purchased safety equipment like portable gas detectors or breathing apparatus outright. However, many employers are now supplementing asset ownership with rental models, valuing the ability to quickly source ready-configured equipment to meet fast-changing on-site requirements, and appreciating immediate access to specialist knowledge on the most appropriate kit for a particular hazard, and training on how to operate it.

By Euan McIntosh, Draeger Hire on 18 October 2026

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Prosecutions

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Company fined £300,000 after surgeons forced to save man’s arm after it is severed by machine

A clinical waste disposal company has been fined £300,000 after a court heard how surgeons had to spend six hours re-attaching a man’s arm after it was severed below the elbow in an unsafe machine.

By Thomas Tevlin on 02 September 2026

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Opinion

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Building a future worth working in

It’s easy to become myopic about the future of work. Take a quick look at the world today and the signs can seem discouraging: political instability, economic volatility, the accelerating disruption posed by AI and climate change. Together, these factors paint a picture of uncertainty that can make our belief in progress seem naïve and tempt us into believing that the future can be no better than the past, that our best days are now behind us. That would be a profound failure of imagination.

By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council CEO on 12 October 2026

Learning that saves lives

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