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This page lists, in reverse date order, all the published Editorials.

2024

Tune Up Your Brain by David Robson (October 2024)
Building Safety Regulator launches campaign for residents of high-rise buildings (March 2024)
Use OSH UPDATE + FIRE for a life changer in finding the best OSH and Fire Information (February 2024)
Four steps to prevent occupational diseases and accidents (January 2024)

2023

Working time in 2021–2022 (October 2023)
Mentorship programme to help women ‘break down barriers’ into health and safety careers (September 2023)
Smart digital monitoring systems for occupational safety and health: Optimising the uptake in 2023 (June 2023)
World OSH Day 2023: Highlighting everybody’s right to work in a safe and healthy environment (May 2023)
The value of essential work: World Employment and Social Outlook 2023 (April 2023)
Solidarity with Ukraine and support for the Ukrainian people is unwavering (March 2023)
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 (February 2023)
What are you going to do to tackle work-related ill health and workplace injury in your place in 2023? (January 2023)

2022

Wishing you a Healthy, Safe, Stress-free and Very Happy Festive Season (December 2022)
COP 27 – A defining moment in the fight against climate change (November 2022)
Celebrating World Teachers’ Day - 5 October 2022 (October 2022)
More than half of people in Asia and the Pacific still lack social protection, says new ILO report (September 2022)
Teaching the history of OS&H (August 2022)
This month – July 2022 – Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the UK Robens Report (July 2022)
UK Celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 and achievements (June 2022)
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2022: Act together to build a positive safety and health culture (May 2022)
ILO Webinar in collaboration with the WHO: Healthy and Safe Teleworking beyond the Covid-19 pandemic - 5 April 2022 (April 2022)
World Book Day – 3 March 2022 (March 2022)
Pursuing happiness in our OSHWORLD workplace (February 2022)
What are you going to do to tackle work-related ill health and workplace injury in your place in 2022? (January 2022)

2021

Wishing you a Healthy, Safe, Stress-free and Very Happy Festive Season (December 2021)
Fire Safety Conference – 9 November 2021 (November 2021)
World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Social protection at the crossroads – in pursuit of a better future (October 2021)
Protect home workers and removal of some coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions (September 2021)
Momentum gathers behind UK RoSPA’s safer stairs campaign as MP calls for amendment to UK Building Safety Bill (August 2021)
Hybrid working and keep teams together in 2021 and beyond (July 2021)
Keep safe, alert and remember we still need to be vigilant as we return to work and “normal life” (June 2021)
2021 – International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour (May 2021)
Global leaders unite in urgent call for international pandemic treaty (April 2021)
Drowning in information but thirsty for knowledge? (March 2021)
Celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March 2021 (February 2021)
Don’t make any New Year’s resolutions until you have checked your 2020 list to see what you did not do! (January 2021)

2020

Wishing you a Healthy, Safe Covid-19, Stress Free and Very Happy Festive Season (December 2020)
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU OSHA) Healthy Workplaces Campaigns are vital to our efforts to raise awareness of occupational safety and health throughout Europe and beyond (November 2020)
Stop sitting down! (October 2020)
National Fitness Day in the UK – why not join in wherever you are in the World (September 2020)
COVID-19: Returning to the workplace – UK CIPD (August 2020)
UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) urges businesses to become COVID-secure (July 2020)
Keeping safe and alert (June 2020)
Locking Down the World: Preparing for the Future (May 2020)
Commemorating 28 April 2020: World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020 – Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (April 2020)
Celebrating 8 March 2020 International Women’s Day (March 2020)
11pm 31/1/2020 brought BIG CHANGES for United Kingdom (February 2020)
What are you going to do to tackle work-related ill health and workplace injury in your place in 2020? (January 2020)

2019

Wishing you a Healthy, Safe, Stress Free and Very Happy Festive Season (December 2019)
US NIOSH Future of Work Initiative (November 2019)
Keep up with the latest information and developments in the fire world (October 2019)
Young workers should be given appropriate work and provided with adequate training and supervision (September 2019)
Something in the air we breathe? (August 2019)
Lead and engage with others to improve your workplace health and safety priorities (July 2019)
Celebrating worldwide the Green Week, 3-7 June 2019 (June 2019)
Get involved in this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week from 13-19 May 2019 (May 2019)
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2019 – Safety and Health and the future of work (April 2019)
ILO to launch new gender report for International Women’s Day (March 2019)
Making sure that older workers have a safe and healthy workplace (February 2019)
What is happening in your workplace to tackle stress and wellbeing? (January 2019)

2018

Wishing you a Healthy, Safe, Stress Free and Very Happy Festive Season (December 2018)
Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Workplace: Information for Employers and Workers: Latest US information (November 2018)
OSH UPDATE + FIRE Electronic Service Newsletter (October 2018)
New Survey by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA) UK (September 2018)
Keeping new young workers, safe and healthy (August 2018)
Managing work-related stress as part of a prevention culture (July 2018)
World Day Against Child Labour – Geneva event on 4 June 2018 (June 2018)
Mental health awareness week (May 2018)
Join in the Celebration on 8 March 2018 when it is International Women’s Day (March 2018)
How good is the air quality where you live and work? (February 2018)
What is your 2018 commitment to tackling modern slavery? (January 2018)

2017

Have a Safe, Healthy, Stress Free and Very Happy Festive Season (December 2017)
Occupational Safety and Health for Agency Workers in temporary jobs: SLIC campaign running from October 2017 to May 2019 (November 2017)
Go Home Healthy (October 2017)
Call it what you want Stress in the Workplace is still a major everyday reality for many people (September 2017)
Training people in the workplace: Now is the time to re-assess training needs for everyone – from Directors to the latest Recruit (August 2017)
Time to go back to the OSH and fire drawing board and check that everything in your workplace is up-to-date and that staff are trained and if necessary retrained (July 2017)
Use trustworthy information – OSH UPDATE + FIRE Electronic Service – THE essential tool for your safe and healthy workplaces (June 2017)
Update your 2017 diary with training courses for workers at all levels (May 2017)
28 April 2017 World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 2017)
World Book Day – 2 March 2017 – read more OSH and Fire books and learn to work safely and healthily (March 2017)
Don’t get stressed out in your workplace in 2017 (February 2017)
Did you have a successful OSH year in 2016? (January 2017)

2016

Have a Safe, Healthy and Happy Festive Season (December 2016)
How up-to-date is your fire information knowledge? (November 2016)
Robots and Networking (October 2016)
350 years anniversary of the Great Fire of London (September 2016)
EU social partners’ first reactions to Brexit (August 2016)
Protecting Young Workers in Retail Jobs (July 2016)
US National TOTAL WORKER HEALTH Agenda (2016-2026) (June 2016)
OSH UPDATE + FIRE Information – essential tool for your safe and healthy workplaces (May 2016)
Everyone wants their workplace to be healthier and safer (April 2016)
What Do Coffee Processing Facilities Have To Do With Lung Disease? (March 2016)
Think you know it all? But can YOU and your organisation keep up with this fast moving Occupational Health, Safety and Fire information world? (February 2016)
Making any New Year’s resolutions in 2016? (January 2016)

2015

Wishing everyone a Safe, Healthy and Happy Festive Season (December 2015)
Take care of lone workers! (November 2015)
Thank Goodness it is Friday – let’s get out of this place! (October 2015)
Healthier and happier workers needed! OSH UPDATE + FIRE is here to help! (September 2015)
Small enterprises: the backbone of the EU economy (August 2015)
Action plan for a Europe free from Asbestos – More than 300,000 asbestos deaths expected in Europe by 2030 (July 2015)
World Health Assembly 2015 passes new resolution on air pollution (June 2015)
Drowning in Information yet Thirsty for Knowledge? (May 2015)
Making all workplaces healthier and safer (April 2015)
Preparing for 2015 World Day for Safety and Health at Work (March 2015)
Don’t be an ostrich… with help YOU and your organisation can keep up with this fast moving Occupational Health, Safety and Fire information world (February 2015)
Aim for the best ever Safe and Healthy year in 2015 in your organisation! (January 2015)

2014

Have a Safe, Healthy and Happy Festive Season (December 2014)
Managing Work-related Stress (November 2014)
October brings the European Health and Safety Week – and time and opportunities to raise health and safety at work higher on the agenda (October 2014)
What determines the health of workers? (September 2014)
Why struggle when OSH UPDATE + FIRE offers you worldwide quality fire, health and safety information easily, quickly and budget friendly? (August 2014)
Don’t let safety and health take a holiday (July 2014)
Safe working in the wind energy sector (June 2014)
Remember to keep up-to-date with the latest Safety, Health and Fire information at Work – use OSH UPDATE + FIRE (May 2014)
28 April – World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 2014)
Time to Spring Clean your Health and Safety Procedures! (March 2014)
Information abounds... But can YOU and your organisation keep up with this fast moving Occupational Health, Safety and Fire information world? (February 2014)
So how successful was your OSH year in 2013? (January 2014)

2013

Did you have a successful OSH 2013? (December 2013)
World’s largest occupational safety and health campaign closes following a record level of involvement (November 2013)
The Culture of Prevention – Future Approaches (October 2013)
Promoting Decent Work for All (September 2013)
Accidents and Costs (August 2013)
A new Presidency and a new Member State for the European Union (July 2013)
UK Royal College of Physicians launches occupational health audit tools (June 2013)
OSH UPDATE and FIREINF will keep you up-to-date – bringing you quality fire, health and safety information easily, quickly and budget friendly (May 2013)
Spring Clean your Health and Safety Procedures! (April 2013)
European Health and Safety Strategy 2013-2020 (March 2013)
Keeping Health and Safety Training on the agenda (February 2013)
Making any New Year's resolutions? (January 2013)

2012

Wishing you a Safe, Healthy and Happy Festive Season (December 2012)
Active Leadership (November 2012)
Silence is not golden... (October 2012)
Lessons learned (September 2012)
Going for Gold in OSH Information and Training (August 2012)
Don't just ask your friend for information! Keeping up-to-date and reviewing your information resources (July 2012)
31 May – World No Tobacco Day 2012: EU-OSHA launches a 'Smoke-Free Workplaces' campaign (June 2012)
FIREINF will keep you up-to-date – for 15 years bringing you quality fire, health and safety information easily, quickly and budget friendly (May 2012)
Stress in the workplace to rise, say 8 out of 10 in major pan-European opinion poll (April 2012)
SLIC Campaign on psychosocial risks at work in 2012 (March 2012)
Ergonomic Checkpoints in Agriculture from the ILO (February 2012)
Aim for the best ever Safe and Healthy year in 2012! (January 2012)

2011

Don't work harder – work smarter! (December 2011)
Are Young People Safe at your Workplace? (November 2011)
Fire information – essential information for all those working in fire organisations and learning about fire sciences (October 2011)
Information is paramount in securing safe and healthy workplaces (September 2011)
Keep on training people in the workplace: Now is the time to re-assess training needs (August 2011)
World Day for Decent Work – 7 October 2011 – Unions Worldwide Mobilise for Decent Work – Time to start planning (July 2011)
OSH UPDATE and FIREINF will keep you up-to-date – bringing you quality fire, health and safety information easily, quickly and budget friendly (June 2011)
Learning lessons from disasters (May 2011)
Is there violence, bullying and harassment in your workplace? (April 2011)
Major Hazards Accidents and Incidents Database (MHAID) (March 2011)
Time to prepare for World Day for Safety and Health, 28 April 2011 (February 2011)
Don't make any New Year's resolutions until you have checked your 2010 list to see what you did not do! (January 2011)

2010

A Safe, Healthy and Happy Festive Season (December 2010)
Ensure that you have the most authoritative and validated information to help solve your workplace safety and health challenges! (November 2010)
Economic incentives pay dividends for workplace safety and health (October 2010)
Disasters: learning the lessons for a safer world (September 2010)
Obtaining critical fire information – instantly available in FIREINF! (August 2010)
Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into university education (July 2010)
WHO calls for protection of women and girls from tobacco: World No Tobacco Day 2010 focuses on the marketing of tobacco to women (June 2010)
Remembering the dead (May 2010)
ASH calls for swift implementation of standard for 'fire safer' cigarettes following move by Finland (April 2010)
Train, Train and Train again 2010 style (March 2010)
From 2010 the UK will officially recognise Workers Memorial Day to commemorate thousands of people who have died, been seriously injured or made ill through their work (February 2010)
Achieving your best ever Safe and Healthy year in 2010 (January 2010)

2009

Enjoy a Safe, Healthy and Happy Festive Season (December 2009)
How do you know that you have authoritative health, safety and fire information? (November 2009)
Have you carried out a fire risk assessment recently in your workplace? Let FIREINF guide you to quality advice and information (October 2009)
Keeping Young People Safe at Work (September 2009)
Recession tightening the information budget? Missing OSH-ROM? Why not take OSH UPDATE? Don't make decisions without quality OSH information (August 2009)
Corporate Responsibility and health and safety (July 2009)
Looking forward – working together: a new strategy for health and safety (June 2009)
Ignore the lessons from the past at your peril! (May 2009)
Working with the Future (April 2009)
Time to prepare for World Day for Safety and Health, 28 April 2009 (March 2009)
Keeping Health and Safety Training on the agenda (February 2009)
Make 2009 your best ever Safe and Healthy Year (January 2009)

2008

Did you have a successful 2008? (December 2008)
FIREINF and OSH UPDATE will keep you up-to-date – bringing you quality fire, health and safety information easily and quickly (November 2008)
European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2008: Healthy Workplaces campaign starting October 2008 (October 2008)
Campaigning for OSH: promoting validated and authoritative information on risk assessment (September 2008)
The importance of OSH: Seoul, Korea "Declaration on Safety and Health at Work – The Safety and Health Summit" 2008 and the ILO Report "Beyond deaths and injuries: The ILO's role in promoting safe and healthy jobs" (August 2008)
Going back to basics... risk assessment for all (July 2008)
The importance of OSH networks: getting to know each other (June 2008)
If you think safety is expensive, try having an accident... survey says "Safety should be a higher priority for bosses" (May 2008)
Don't forget 28 April 2008 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 2008)
Thirsty for OSH knowledge? (March 2008)
FIREINF and OSH UPDATE set the pace in finding quality fire, health and safety information easily and quickly (February 2008)
Looking forward to a successful 2008 (January 2008)

2007

Did you have a successful 2007? (December 2007)
7 November 2007: UK National Stress Awareness Day 2007 and National Ban Bullying at Work Day 2007 (November 2007)
European Week: campaign on MSDs (October 2007)
Dying for a job? (September 2007)
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 makes it into UK legislation (August 2007)
Lighten the Load: a European campaign on musculoskeletal disorders (July 2007)
Asking the right questions: what Directors should be asking about health and safety in their workplaces (June 2007)
Drowning in information but thirsty for knowledge? Searching for and retrieving quality OSH and fire information from worldwide sources (May 2007)
Learning to keep the world safe and healthy at work (April 2007)
Preparing for the ILO World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28 April 2007 (March 2007)
New Year, New ways of working... FIREINF and OSH UPDATE set the pace in finding quality fire, health and safety information easily and quickly (February 2007)
Setting goals and training staff in all aspects of health and safety (January 2007)

2006

Time to assess how well your health and safety activities did achieve success in 2006 (December 2006)
Well-being at work (November 2006)
European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2006 – Safe Start: 23rd-27th October 2006 (October 2006)
Fire, Emergency and Preparedness Worldwide (September 2006)
Managing Shift Work (August 2006)
The Health effects of noise at work (July 2006)
Keeping up to date – check out training courses on offer in your locality (June 2006)
Every year since 1945 more people have died around the world from work-related accidents and diseases than have been killed in wars (May 2006)
28 April 2006 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 2006)
Are you ensuring Higher Standards of Health and Safety in your workplace? (March 2006)
What all Directors of companies should understand about health and safety in their workplaces! (February 2006)
Making plans to have a Safe and Healthy 2006? (January 2006)

2005

Don't work harder – work smarter! (December 2005)
EurOhse2005 conference: creating a winning OSH culture (November 2005)
OSH-IRELAND... aiming to help Ireland's organisations achieve higher standards of occupational health and safety in their workplaces (October 2005)
Fire, Emergency and Preparedness (September 2005)
OSH UPDATE – easy access to thousands of quality information sources (August 2005)
Better Backs (July 2005)
Promoting Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)... The International Labour Conference June 2005 discusses a Framework (June 2005)
European Union says "Stop that Noise" (May 2005)
Fire Risk Assessment and Business Continuity (April 2005)
Time to prepare for World Day for Safety and Health, 28 April 2005 (March 2005)
EurOhse2005 conference: creating a winning OSH culture (February 2005)
2005 – Aim to make real OSH improvements this year (January 2005)

2004

Keeping up-to-date and reviewing your information resources (December 2004)
Launching OSH UPDATE: New Internet-based service (November 2004)
Celebrate European Week for Safety and Health at Work in your workplace (October 2004)
If you think safety is expensive, try having an accident (September 2004)
The Environment – is your workplace polluting it? (August 2004)
Europe's social partners first to sign up to 'Building in Safety' campaign charter (July 2004)
Safety in Building and Construction Industries (June 2004)
Occupational Safety and Health: the challenges and opportunities in the 21st century (May 2004)
Remembering those who have died or suffer ill-health from workplace activities (April 2004)
Spring is coming and so are the conferences and training courses (March 2004)
Look ahead and make 2004 an accident free year (February 2004)
2004 – the year to make real OSH improvements (January 2004)

2003

Enjoy a Healthy, Happy and Safe Festive Season (December 2003)
Violence and stress at work – a threat to productivity and decent work (November 2003)
EW2003: do you know what chemicals you are working with? (October 2003)
Managing Stress in the Workplace (September 2003)
Are you ready to move Health and Safety forward in Europe? Make sure you attend EurOhse2003 (August 2003)
Health and Safety – an evolutionary process? Cornerstone or millstone? (July 2003)
Don't fall from it! Labour Inspectorates across Europe launch a campaign in the construction industry (June 2003)
Preparedness and business continuity .... how are your plans? (May 2003)
Train, train and train again (April 2003)
The Environment – everyone's concern (March 2003)
Food Safety in Europe FSE2003 (February 2003)
Making plans to have a Safe and Healthy 2003? (January 2003)

2002

Have a Safe, Healthy and Happy Festive Season (December 2002)
Is regulation the best way for success in the OSHE World? (November 2002)
Networking for success in the OSHE World (October 2002)
Reducing the risk of infection of Legionnaires' disease (September 2002)
Have a safe and healthy Summer Holiday! (August 2002)
Keeping the environment protected (July 2002)
The Unequal OSH World of Information (June 2002)
Stressed out? Found a solution? Then win a prize! (May 2002)
Will your holidays be safe and healthy? (April 2002)
Fire Safety Concerns (March 2002)
Preparing for the Year ahead (February 2002)
New Year, new OSHWORLD helping to keep you safe and healthy (January 2002)