| HSE has refreshed its guidance on violence at work to help you protect your workers |
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| HSE ebulletin Issued: 22 March 2023 Â HSE has refreshed its guidance on violence and aggression at work to help you protect your workers. |
| Violence and aggression at work can have a serious impact on your workers' physical and mental health. In 2019-2020 there were 688,000 reported incidents of violence at work.
HSE has refreshed its guidance on violence at work to help you protect your workers. It has been updated to:Â Â
simplify the navigation to help you easily find the information you need remove outdated content and replace it with up-to-date practical guidance   remind you that HSEâs definition of violence includes aggression, such as verbal abuse or threats â this can be face to face, online or over the phoneâ¯â¯Â The guidance defines violence and aggression at work and explains what you can do to prevent it, and how you can protect workers from it.â¯Subjects covered include: relevant legislation  how to assess the risks  putting the right controls in place to protect workers reporting and learning from incidents  We have specific guidance on how to support your workers after a violent incident. This includes any help with resulting stress and mental health conditions.  There are also examples drawn from typical situations. These illustrate simple steps you can take to effectively prevent violence at work.â¯Each one describes a violent situation and how employers have made changes to avoid similar incidents. â¯Â  They cover a variety of sectors, including: retail education social care transport healthcare waste and recycling  We have separate advice for workers, which explains how they can help employers prevent violent incidents at work.  |
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