Following a five-day meeting in London last week, the working group revising the international environment management systems standard, ISO 14001, has finalised the technical requirements of the new standard. After a final edit and translation, a ballot of ISO members will be conducted in July and August, with the new ISO 14001:2015 standard set for publication –as predicted – in September 2015. A three year period has been set by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) for the 300,000 certificate holders worldwide to transition to the... Continue reading

First generation organisations within the Middle East have a unique opportunity to lead the development of HR analytics for the global stage but are being hampered by unreliable data, a lack of analytical skills and inadequate IT infrastructure. This is according to a new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which was launched on 27 April at The FAHR International Conference 2015 in Dubai. ‘Evolution of HR Analytics: A Middle East Perspective’ highlights the appetite for Middle Eastern firms to use... Continue reading

The next in our series of blogs, originally produced for SHP Online, in the lead up to the IOSH conference 2015, comes from our Programme Manager, Ian Cooke, who looks at Business Risk Management. Start your engine; place the important message and evidence on the passenger seat; drive safely to your company’s board meeting; deliver the important message along with supporting evidence of how successful health and safety risk management is within the field of Business Risk Management. Do we (the health and safety profession) do this? Have we ... Continue reading

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work. It was held on 28 April and has been observed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 2003. 28 April has also long been associated with the world’s trade union movement’s commemoration of the victims of occupational accidents and diseases. Every year some two million men and women lose their lives through accidents and diseases linked to their work. In addition, there are 270 million occupational acciden... Continue reading

In the latest blog post for International Workplace, Portfolio Procurement offers ways of explaining some of the difficulties and rewards of recruitment to those who do not fully understand the process. How to explain your recruitment job to colleagues If you work in HR it is likely that you are under pressure to meet the demands and expectations of other colleagues. And when tasked with recruiting new employees, you may often also find that you are expected to uncover the perfect candidates within unrealistic deadlines and with little or no ... Continue reading