All People Risks articles – Page 9
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Workers should wear shorts
Employers are urged to cool down their offices and their staff
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Analysis
Summit safety
Security was paramount when world leaders met in London at the ExCeL centre for the G20 summit in April. Carole Edrich gives her personal feedback
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Managing risk in a recession
Mike Boyle looks at recessionary risks, with particular emphasis on employer’s liability personal injury claims, and considers how companies can manage them.
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Risk salaries rising
Financial firms are restructuring their remuneration packages, basic salaries are up, bonuses are down
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More strikes in Europe as recession bites
Firms face a heightened risk of disruption because of the impact of the recession on jobs and more active environmental campaigners
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Unemployment to hit 10% in developed world
More than 57m people will be unemployed in the OECD by the end of 2010
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PwC fraud academy opens its doors...
Forum allows members to share best practice on fraud, bribery and corruption prevention
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Promoting the risk manager
What skill sets may risk managers need in the future that some of them don’t possess now?
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Safe means safe
A Court of Appeal ruling boosts the requirement on employers to provide a safe workplace
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139 swine flu deaths worldwide
73 countries have officially reported over 25,000 cases of the new strain
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Migrant workers at higher risk
New figures reveal that migrant workers in the UK construction sector are much more likely to be injured or killed in the workplace
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Investors rate sustainable performance
Environmental and social factors can have a material impact on fund’s returns, finds survey
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Local bodies fail to prepare for emergencies
Government is not doing enough to promote civil protection in the UK, said a broker survey
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Global insolvencies predicted to rise 35%
The economic gods remain thirsty for blood, warned a credit insurer
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Violent risks escalated in 2008
The economic crisis is the main cause for the decline in peacefulness, which costs the world $7.2 trillion a year