In his work with Ryder Marsh he has delivered numerous events on Behavioral Safety for customers such as BAE Systems, Tarmac and Enterprise. He also undertakes assessments to help companies determine their Safety Culture and works with them to improve it.

Ryder Marsh is a a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, leadership,safety and human factor consultants, specialising in the development of safety culture and injury free organisations. Formed in 1993, Ryder Marsh is considered today, to be leaders in the field of organisational safety performance.

Workplace substance misuse policies (drug and alcohol policy) are recognised as having a major impact in dealing with the problems associated with inappropriate use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. They reduce accidents, long-term sickness and compensation claims, whilst providing complete guidelines for company employees.

SHEF(S) is pleased to welcome Ian Tew from Synergy Health Laboratory Services Ltd. Synergy are experts in reducing Drug and Alcohol misuse in the workplace and they are the only dedicated company in the UK to provide every aspect for implementing a successful drug and alcohol policy.

If you have to implement a substance misuse policy or your policy is out of date and ineffective come along to Reid Kerr College, Paisley on the 18^th January at 2pm to get some guidance on what to do.

ZERO HARM Worker Involvement – the missing piece! identifies how worker involvement fits into the development of health and safety management systems. While it sets out a framework for effectively managing worker involvement, it also identifies a large range of practical measures aimed at enhancing the existing arrangements in any organisation. Written by Nigel Bryson OBE to support organisations wanting to improve their health and safety performance, BRYSON consulting are specialists in maximizing the impact of workforce involvement to continually prevent injuries and ill-health at work.

It was told by Judge Christopher Harvey Clark QC that the company, which he described as a “household name” was more interested in making profits out of its Reading store than properly planning for the removal of asbestos. He said the “tension” between health and safety and profit had caused the “lamentable problems” at Reading which had led to ceiling possibly containing asbestos falling to the shop floor when it was open.

“The response from Marks & Spencer was, in effect, to turn a blind eye to what was happening … It was already costing the company too much money,” the judge told Bournemouth Crown Court. “There was systemic failure on behalf of M&S management.  There has been no hint of a proper full apology for what happened.” The judge said that the plc has failed to take responsibility for the breaches. Read More.

The first meeting of the new session is a Legal update from Health & Safety Lawyers Association on the 21st September.  The speaker will be Jamie Gilchrist QC from Compass Chambers. Jamie has been extensively instructed in Health & Safety prosecutions covering a wide range of subject matters including construction, manufacturing, offshore oil & gas, health, catering and local authority functions.  He has considerable experience of representing corporate and institutional clients including Shell UK, Phillips Petroleum, Macdonald Hotels, City of Edinburgh Council, Parks of Hamilton and Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust.  He has also successfully defended company directors charged with contraventions of s.37 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974