Episode 11: Has Health & Safety Quietly Become an HR Problem?

In this episode of the Sound HR Podcast, Tania Harland chats with Alex Duggan, owner of Rehsq and H&S partner to HR Diagnostics, to explore why health and safety has quietly become an HR problem. They unpack the growing overlap between people management and workplace safety, the rising regulatory focus on psychosocial risks, and the real‑world consequences businesses are facing — including recent HSE activity and Fee for Intervention costs.

Alex explains why complacency is the biggest unseen risk, how stress should be assessed as a formal workplace hazard, and where HR and H&S often fail to join up. There’s myth‑busting, practical guidance for HR consultants on raising H&S without scope creep, and a clear view of how HR Diagnostics now integrates specialist H&S insight to flag risks accurately.

A sharp, grounded conversation for HR consultants and small business leaders who want to understand where HR ends, where H&S begins, and why the line between them is disappearing fast.