Returning To Work with Covid-19

In this episode of the Interesting Health and Safety Podcast, Colin discusses the prospect of returning to work from lockdown. How to you manage and protect your workers to keep them safe as the country recovers. This is not just the physical aspects of safety such as equipment or distancing, but also the psychological aspects of safety. Most people will have been through an incredibly tough time during lockdown and may be anxious to return to work. Your business may have transformed during lockdown, it’s important to look at the key tasks that require doing, bringing back the most essential people first. Having a gradual induction back into the business is key to getting the business back onto its feet.   ABOUT THE HOST Colin Nottage ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’ This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions. He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation. Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive. He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).