New research links leadership values to reduced workplace incidents
Age and gender matter less than leaders’ values when it comes to influence on safety performance, reveals new research.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 January 2026
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Employers needed ‘on the pitch’ to tackle culture of fear over sickness
Employers must get better at supporting people to stay in work when they are ill and tackle situations “much earlier” the leader of an independent review has said.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 December 2025
Campaigners welcome work-related road safety charter in strategy to reduce road deaths
A "bold new strategy" to reduce deaths and serious injuries on roads by 65 per cent by 2035 has been launched by the government, with a new National Work-Related Road Safety Charter for businesses one of its key components.
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 January 2026
Indian government promises to step up enforcement to eradicate sewer cleaning deaths
More stringent enforcement of the laws banning the manual cleaning of underground sewers and septic tanks in India has been promised as part of a new government drive aimed at stamping out the practice which claims numerous lives each year.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 05 August 2022
India’s platform workers need better social security protections, says government think tank
Social security benefits, like accident and injury insurance and sick pay, should be extended to people working in the gig economy for mobile app ‘platform’ businesses like food delivery and taxi firms, according to the government’s official think tank, NITI Aayog.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 July 2022
Pollution causes 2.3 million premature deaths in India, warns report
Pollution of all forms caused over 2.3 million premature deaths in India in 2019, the highest in the world, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 June 2022
H&M Group and Indian clothing company pledge to prevent sexual harassment in garment factories
Swedish fashion giant H&M and Eastman Exports Global Clothing Private Limited, one of India’s largest garment manufacturers, have jointly signed a legally-binding agreement pledging to prevent gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) against women workers at garment factories under Eastman’s control.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 May 2022
Indian workers strike in bid for improved employment rights
A coalition of India’s central trade unions held a two-day nationwide strike on 28-29 March to protest against what they say are the Indian central government’s “anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies”.
By on 06 April 2022
Online mental health counselling to be launched, says Indian government
Online and telephone counselling and advice is expected to become more widely available for people experiencing mental health problems after the Indian government announced plans for a National Tele-Mental Health Programme in the recent financial Budget.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 08 March 2022
Labour codes to become law in 2022-23, says government
In line with the underlying essence of the mantra “Shramev Jayate”, the Union Ministry of Labour has started the year with an ambitious plan to implement all four of the country’s new labour codes in the financial year 2022-23.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 07 February 2022
Indian businesses run activities for National Safety Week
Millions of businesses across India ran activities encouraging workers to act in a safe and healthy fashion as part of the annual National Safety Week that ran from 4-10 March.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 10 March 2022
Review to consider future of work in post-Covid era
The government has appointed MP Matt Warman to lead a review into the future of work.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 June 2022
Farm Safety Week takes place amid ‘sobering’ statistics
The number of deaths on farms fell significantly in the past year, but a charity dedicated to farm safety and mental health has said that HSE figures are still a concern.
By Belinda Liversedge on 21 July 2022
