This week (13 to 19 May) is Mental Health Awareness Week - support our Working Minds campaign to raise awareness of how to promote good mental health at work. Around half of all work-related ill health is due to stress, depression, or anxiety. Employers have a responsibility to identify the risks of stress and act on them to improve conditions at work, which might mean making adjustments and helping someone manage a mental health problem at work. Find out about the practical resources, support and guidance available: Read about our latest Working Minds campaign partners (including Scaffolding Association)or find out more about the support available to the construction sector. Asbestos and You Our Asbestos and You campaign urges tradespeople to stay aware of hidden asbestos and protect themselves and others from exposure to asbestos fibres during their work. Every tradesperson is likely to carry out work in a building that contains asbestos at some point. Those carrying out repairs or refurbishment are at a higher risk of disturbing asbestos, especially when working in houses built before the year 2000. For more information about what to look for and what to do when you come across asbestos, download our updated quick guide for trades.
Asbestos - Your Duty HSEs Asbestos Your Duty campaign highlights the risk of asbestos in buildings and raises awareness of the legal duty to manage those risks. As part of the campaign resource material available, a new podcast has been launched to help support those with a legal duty to manage asbestos in their buildings. To hear about the risks of asbestos and the steps required to manage it effectively in non-domestic buildings, listen to the Asbestos Your Duty podcast. We are delighted to announce our prestigious Risk Reduction Through Design Award 2024 winners, celebrating solutions that reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace: - the MSD Risk Reduction Through Design Award 2024 goes to Cranswick Gourmet Pastry
- the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Recognition Award goes to MRF Contracting
For details on the winners and their design solutions you can: HSEs website also has a range of advice, guidance and resources on the physical health risks in construction related to: All building inspectors and private sector businesses who carry out building control work in England and Wales must be registered with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Details of registered building inspectors and registered building control approvers in England and Wales can now be found by searching BSRs public registers: Registers for England: Registers for Wales: For more information about BSR and building safety reforms visit: Design and construction of higher-risk buildings - GOV.UK For the latest news alerts, sign up to our BSR ebulletin. There are a range of upcoming virtual and in-person events and training courses organised by, or which involve HSE including: Find out more about HSE's training, webinars and events WWT events The CONIAC website includes the regional groups that make up the Working Well Together Initiative (WWT) and its health and safety events. These include: Asbestos Links for further guidance and information: Asbestos Electricity Links for further guidance and information: Electricity underground cables Struck by Links for further guidance and information: Planning for construction work | 
