HSE updates COVID-secure workplace guidance

Latest News

HSE updates COVID-secure workplace guidance

By staff reporter 2020-12-04

The Health and Safety Executive has updated its guidance for employers on ventilation and air conditioning during the coronavirus pandemic.

The law requires employers to ensure an adequate supply of fresh air in the workplace. Good ventilation, together with social distancing, keeping the workplace clean and frequent handwashing, can help reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus.

The new ventilation and air conditioning guidance helps employers to identify poorly ventilated areas in the workplace and provides steps to improve ventilation while maintaining a comfortable temperature. It will apply in most workplaces and includes guidance on:

-balancing ventilation with keeping people warm
-identifying poorly ventilated areas
-how to improve ventilation
-ventilation in vehicles

The new guidance is part of HSE’s advice on making the workplace COVID-secure.

Financial institutions were early adopters of cyber security and insurance. Are they still on top of the game?

Managing huge amounts of sensitive data online makes financial institutions a prime target for hackers. As such, the sector was an early cohort for insurers in creating cyber cover. Since then, the market has evolved almost beyond recognition. It continues to challenge itself to this day, complying with rigorous regulatory demands and implementing avant-garde enhancements to keep abreast of the ever-changing risks. Published June 2021

Manufacturing: An industry at risk amid great technological change

Of the many sectors of business, manufacturing companies are among the most at risk from cyber threats. How has the sector evolved to make it so vulnerable and what does the task of managing cyber exposure in a manufacturing company look like? CIR’s latest podcast with Tokio Marine HCC sought to answer all these questions and more. Published April 2021