The degree of responsibility of a Health & Safety Manager depends on the industry or environment that they work in. For example, duties as a Health & Safety Manager on a construction site will vary to that of a Health & Safety Manager in an office block. However, the core responsibilities of all Health & Safety professionals are similar.
An easy one to confuse... Did you know that stress is the biggest cause for lost hours at work every year? People overstretch themselves and work at breaking point until they snap! But what is the difference between stress and manageable pressure?
Today at approximately 11:50 and 14:45 we experienced periods of ~30 minutes during which our application became unacceptably slow to respond to requests. This appears to have been caused by an unusually large influx of concurrent users.
It’s fairly common for an organisation to pass on the actual handling of data to a third-party organisation. Sometimes never even seeing, or having access to, the data themselves at all. This doesn’t mean that they’re exempt though...
Our 4th weekly news round-up covers some of the most discussed health and safety stories that have appeared in the media this week. Remember: Health and Safety doesn’t take breaks!