Welcome to OSHWORLD
OSHWORLD is a website from Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd which contains news, articles, events and links for the Health, Safety, Environment and Fire community worldwide. It was established in 1996 and was previously known as Health and Safety World.
Edition 219 – March 2020
News
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice
- Essential and exciting reading – HSE’s 2020 Annual Science Review and 2020 Foresight Centre Report
- UK TUC Corona Virus Updates: Unions ensure outbreak action works at work
- New TUC advice for people now working at home
- ASH release – Health Secretary: “It is abundantly clear that smoking makes the impact of a coronavirus worse”
- Government must protect jobs and livelihoods, says TUC
- UK Unions will work with ministers on virus crisis
- Chancellor must support workers as well as business
- Sick pay reality for gig worker couriers
- Tube cleaners to get full sick pay
- Media owners should follow official advice
- Unite warning on relaxation of lorry driving regulations
- Hospital union slams ‘dangerous’ infection PPE advice
- UK ambulance workers left unprotected
- More NHS firms agree full pay for self-isolated
- Unions worldwide demand Amazon addresses virus safety
- Unions call for special measures for seafarers
- Government should be ‘ashamed’ of unsafe budget say the FBU
- Europe: Outbreak exposes danger of sick pay cuts
- Global: Crew and passengers can’t be abandoned at sea
- India: Saint-Gobain worker dismissed for occupational illness
- Myanmar: Growing union pushes for mine safety
> Look through the News Archive.
Editorial
The latest editorial is:
Celebrating 8 March 2020 International Women’s Day
See also the archive of previous editorials.
Focus
See the latest article:
Divergence or continued alignment? by Roger Bibbings
There is also an archive of previous Focus articles.
Diary of Events
The Diary of Events lists a wide range of Health, Safety, Fire, Chemical, Environment events, conferences, seminars, training courses and other related activities worldwide.
News Feed
Keep up-to-date by subscribing to our news feed.
Resources
Country & Subject Links
A list of world wide web occupational health, safety, environment, chemical, fire and related sites listed by both Country and Subject.
Reference Shelf
Everyday reference source for Occupational Safety, Health, Fire, Chemical and Environment information seekers.
Products
List of Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Information Products.
Searching the Internet
A Guide to a variety of other resources you can use to find information on the Internet and tips on how to search most effectively.
Presentations
Presentations given by Sheila Pantry.
"OSHWORLD brings together a collection of up-to-date occupational safety and health resources, including high value web sites such as the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and International Labour Office (ILO), which help all those seeking quality information".
Dr Jukka Takala, Executive Director, Workplace Safety and Health Institute, Singapore was formerly Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and formerly the ILO Director of SafeWork, InFocus Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment, Geneva.
