Plans to get tough with firms to boost workplace safety
- April 14, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
No CommentsSingapore has set itself the goal of having among the safest and healthiest workplaces in the world. Rates of workplace deaths and major injuries for every company will be published online, to hit errant companies where it hurts. Clients, such as property developers, and workers will be able to compare employers’ safety records on the
Panel plans tougher action to boost workplace safety
- August 31, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
In a bid to make workplaces safer, a tripartite committee has proposed ways to get tougher on companies that have a poor safety and health record. This includes a preliminary recommendation for government agencies to standardise their procurement criteria, used to track and disqualify errant contractors from public-sector projects. The Tripartite Strategy Committee, whose suggestions
New method to help boost workplace safety
- August 30, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is adopting a new method to boost workplace safety – by telling companies how they fare compared with others in their industry, motivating them to do better. This brings a new dimension to the ministry’s surprise inspections, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said at the opening of the biennial Singapore Workplace
MOM ramping up inspections to boost vehicle safety at work
- June 21, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will be stepping up enforcement measures to improve vehicular safety at workplaces. A ministry spokesman said yesterday that more than 250 inspections are planned over the next eight weeks. Vehicular incidents were the highest contributor to workplace fatalities in the first five months of this year. There were 287 vehicular
New program looks to boost mental health in the WNY workplace
- March 19, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
The body doesn’t end at the neck, which has mystified what Victoria Davis has experienced as she has worked in the Western New York and Ohio health insurance markets. “Based on my experience, more than two-thirds of companies with wellness programs focus just on physical wellness,” said Davis, who last year became manager of worksite and