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India’s startup boom: how are these businesses performing on employee wellbeing?

India's startup businesses are celebrated as wealth and employment generators, but there are reports some are struggling to provide and maintain a healthy workplace culture, putting employee wellbeing at risk. In the first of a two-part article, we examine the efforts made by startups to provide a safe and healthy working environment, and the effectiveness of their approaches to date.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 September 2025

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Himalayan flash flooding: how migrant workers are bearing the brunt of climate change impacts

Recent flash flooding in Uttarakhand is thought to have claimed the lives of a number of migrant workers, prompting accusations the Government is failing to minimise the risk of devastating floods caused by a combination of climate change impacts, construction of upstream hydroelectric plants and deforestation for development projects.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 September 2025

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For better or reverse

This July, HSE prosecuted two cases in which two workers were killed by reversing HGVs. They shared striking similarities.

By Belinda Liversedge on 04 September 2025

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    Sustainability and worker wellbeing: two-sides of the same coin

    Businesses increasingly understand the benefits of integrating their approach to worker wellbeing with their sustainability goals – and there are some practical, low-cost and simple ways of achieving this.

    By Dr Audrey Fleming and Dr Keith Whitehead, British Safety Council on 23 October 2025

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    How to build positive mental health in and through work

    With World Mental Health Day taking place on 10 October, now is an ideal time for employers to review their approach to supporting employee mental health, focusing on creating a culture of prevention before people reach crisis point.

    By Sam Downie, Mates in Mind on 28 October 2025

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    The compelling case for mandatory UKAS accreditation in asbestos surveying

    With recent HSE research concluding that asbestos site surveys from UKAS-accredited companies and surveyors consistently deliver higher quality results than their non-accredited counterparts, the time has arrived for the Government and HSE to introduce mandatory UKAS accreditation for all organisations providing asbestos surveying services.

    By Robert Southall, Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association (ATaC) on 04 September 2025

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    India’s startups: can they balance growth with employee wellbeing?

    The founders of Indian startups are understandably keen to rapidly grow their businesses, but commentators argue a lack of support for employee wellbeing actually threatens to hinder business success. Here, in the second of our two-part feature on employee wellbeing in startups, we explore the human and business problems arising from inadequate wellbeing support for staff.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 October 2025

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    Flash flooding at India’s technology cities: a tale of unbridled development and climate change

    India’s technology hub cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad are increasingly suffering severe flooding, and climate experts say urgent action is now required to reverse extensive construction over natural water-absorbing landscape features to protect people and businesses.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 October 2025

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    Why mental health is central to driver safety

    Driving for work can be physically demanding and emotionally taxing, and the resulting psychological toll can greatly increase the risk of being involved in a collision. However, a new toolkit provides employers with a framework and guidance to embed effective mental health support for drivers into their organisational culture and operational strategy.

    By Simon Turner, Driving for Better Business on 01 October 2025

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    Psychological safety: a genuine risk to physical safety

    A ‘psychologically safe’ workplace where employees feel confident and comfortable speaking up to raise concerns, ask for help and admit mistakes has been shown to make it easier to support worker wellbeing and achieve better management of safety risks, and there are some simple ways of fostering such an environment.

    By David Head, Dräeger Safety UK and Ireland on 03 October 2025

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    Effective stress management is about business performance not policies and support services

    Successful management of psychosocial risks involves creating and fostering working environments that enable employees to thrive, rather than just reacting to stress-related issues after they emerge.

    By Stephen Haynes, British Safety Council on 01 October 2025

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    Why are schools failing the stress test?

    Look through recent reports and you will find a stack of stats behind the rise in stress among UK school teachers, from worsening pupil behaviour to teachers reporting chronic overwork.

    By Belinda Liversedge on 01 October 2025

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    Artificial stone and the rise of silicosis

    With concerns rising that workers who manufacture and install artificial stone kitchen worktops are at high risk of early-onset fatal lung disease, it is vital employers take steps to prevent and control exposure to respirable crystalline silica found in engineered stone materials.

    By Tim Turney, Casella on 23 September 2025