Last year saw the first conviction under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and with the second case due to go to trial in June; it is becoming apparent that authorities are...
Does your employer allow staff to hang decorations in the run-up to Christmas, or is this banned as part of health and safety overkill in your organisation?
The NHS Employers organisation has “serious concerns” that NHS trusts are not being given sufficient opportunity to plan for industrial action by the trade union Unite on 10 May.
Trade union Unite has accused the Government of “hiding behind statistics”, as workplace deaths are underestimated by more than 800%.
With Olympic organisers predicting one million extra Games-related journeys into the capital this summer, Acas has issued advice for employers on how to minimise the disruption to their business.
The British Safety Council yesterday launched its manifesto for workplace health and safety, Working Well, in the House of Commons at an event hosted by Member of Parliament, Andy Slaughter.?
In a judgment published yesterday, the Supreme Court has left the door slightly ajar for allowing businesses to set their own retirement age for staff – but only if the reasons for doing so meet both...
Rewards for whistleblowing and a change in work culture are vital if damaging public disclosures of information are to be avoided, according to one of the UK’s most prominent employment law...
Back in December, HR magazine declared the systems administering employment law in the UK were not working and launched a campaign to search for the solution.
On 6 April this year, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal increased from one to two years’ continuous employment, taking us back to the pre 1999 position. Trade unions have moved swiftly to...
Foreign doctors will have to prove they can speak English before they can practise in England under specific proposals set out by health secretary Andrew Lansley (pictured).
There is a curious approach to safety in the UK.
