Despite government efforts to construct hundreds of millions of toilets across India in recent years, female workers in informal sectors like street vending, construction and agriculture still struggle to find safe and clean sanitary facilities, restricting their earning power and placing their health at risk.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 August 2025
On 9 July, 250 million workers from diverse sectors in India – including banking, insurance, postal services and coal mining – participated in a nationwide general strike called by a forum of 10 central trade unions. The strike, or ‘Bharat Bandh’, was held in protest against what the unions describe as “anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies” of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)-led Union Government.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 August 2025
The practice of female sugarcane workers in Maharashtra state undergoing unnecessary hysterectomies, in part driven by a financial need to avoid sick days due to menstrual problems and pregnancy, still persists, allege campaigners, despite a state government-commissioned report in 2019 urging greater action to eradicate it.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 August 2025
Emerging technologies have the potential to fundamentally reshape the world of work. These technologies can enhance productivity and, in many sectors, improve occupational safety and health (OSH) outcomes for workers. However, they may also introduce new risks that are difficult to anticipate and manage.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 August 2025
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Mobile and fixed gas detectors have long been a crucial tool for alerting workers to the presence of asphyxiating or explosive gases, but developments in smart and connected technology are making it much easier to monitor entire networks of detectors and respond immediately to alarms and emergencies that could pose a risk to life or site safety.
By Becca Dodds, Draeger Safety UK on 26 August 2025
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 August 2025
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 August 2025
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A London-based grocery supplier has been fined £1 million after a worker was killed by a reversing HGV during a delivery in Manchester.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 July 2025
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Businesses increasingly rely on gig workers to fill all kinds of roles in various sectors, but a failure to properly check the qualifications, skills and competency when recruiting and onboarding temporary workers could pose a risk, both to health and safety at work and to the organisation’s public reputation.
By Rolf Bezemer, First Advantage on 08 August 2025
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