Free webinar: Work-related stress – a proactive approach to risk management

5 March, 11.00am to 12.00pm.

Mental health conditions continue to be the leading cause of work-related ill health. In 2024 to 2025, 964,000 workers reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work.

This exclusive webinar, from HSE and our publishing partner TSO, explains how the work-related stress Management Standards and the Stress Indicator Tool can help organisations take a proactive, evidence-based approach to managing work-related stress.

The webinar will conclude with a live audience question and answer session.

Register for our webinar: Work-related stress – a proactive approach to risk management

Home working guidance and resources

Employers have the same health and safety responsibilities for people working at home as for any other worker.

Our home working guidance provides straightforward actions to manage home workers’ health and safety.

This includes the risks of stress and poor mental health as well as working with display screen equipment (DSE).

Our website also offers:

• advice for home workers
• a video and practical tips on good posture when working with DSE

New video launched for on-torch extraction controlling exposure to welding fume

Exposure to all welding fume, including mild steel welding fume, can cause lung cancer.

Our video helps employers control worker exposure using on-torch Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV), which captures fumes at source before they can be inhaled.

The video covers:

• basic operational principles
• good welding practices
• common issues and solutions
• importance of training and workplace culture

Watch the video on our YouTube channel.

You can further advice on controlling welding risks on HSE’s website.

HSE inspections tackling exposure to flour dust in bakeries

HSE is currently carrying out a series of inspections at large bakeries across Great Britain.

Inspectors are checking that employers are protecting workers from flour dust – one of the most common causes of occupational asthma in the country.

Inspectors will assess compliance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH), focusing on whether employers have implemented effective controls to manage exposure.

You can:

• read HSE’s guidance on controlling flour dust in bakeries 
• view the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
• find out more about the inspections in our news release: HSE inspections tackling exposure to flour dust in bakeries

Latest vacancy: Trainee Inspector of Health and Safety

closes 2 March, 40 roles available

A Trainee Inspector of Health and Safety will conduct workplace inspections and investigations to help prevent work-related death, injury and ill health.

Apply on the civil service jobs site.