Government to Introduce Statutory Sick Pay Scheme The government plan to introduce a Statutory Sick Pay Scheme over a 4 year period starting in 2022. In year 1 of the scheme employers will be required to pay an employee for up to 3 sick […]
How to Calibrate A Digital Thermometer We have a very simple and quick video on how to calibrate a digital thermometer. The steps are extremely easy to follow. All you need is your thermometer, a kettle & a glass of ice, and water! Remember, calibrating […]
Five Enforcement Orders were issued in October. It is almost impossible to understand how some food premises treat their customers with so much contempt. Take a look at our video on the top reasons for October’s Enforcement Orders. It defies belief that almost every […]
What is the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act 2005? The Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act 2005, which repealed and replaced the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act 1989 was brought in to make further provision for the safety, health, and […]
Cover the Basics of TILE Assessment Make sure before you start any manual handling task that it is safe to do so, using the simple TILE risk assessment. Watch our video to learn how. You can book Manual Handling Training HERE #healthandsafetyvideo […]
Have You hired new Employees lately? It is vital to meet your employer’s legal obligations when hiring new staff.Indeed, this applies to existing staff too, so if you don’t have the following (at minimum) in place act now! Training- All Sectors Manual Handling Training Course […]
VIDEO: The Principles of Manual Handling We’ve just updated our ‘Principles of Manual Handling’ video that we shared previously. It is a great way to remind staff of the correct lifting techniques and will only take a couple of minutes. Watch it here. […]
Calibrating a probe internally, a legal requirement. Here’s a very useful FREE poster that you can use in your food business, explaining very simply how to do an internal probe test. This is a legal requirement. You must be able to demonstrate the integrity of […]
HACCP Temperature Tips Here is a handy graphic that explains the legal requirements for temperatures in the food industry. Do your staff know all of these & are confident in what they are doing? You’d be surprised that often this is not the […]
Major fire destroys Glenisk Plant Recently, there was a major fire that totally destroyed the Glenisk Yogurt Factory in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Vincent Cleary, the Managing Director spoke to morning Ireland and explained: “I thought it was a drill at first, but it […]
Large number of Product Recalls There has been a very large amount of serious product recalls lately, & the FSAI are on to it pretty hard! In short, YOU, the retailer, are responsible for a product recall that may involve food you are […]
Here’s why you MUST take your obligation to Health & Safety compliance training seriously! I got a phone call one Sunday from work, to say a staff member was in the emergency department, having been blinded by a workplace chemical. You can imagine the shock, […]