According to Health & Safety Executive data the number of directors and senior managers prosecuted for Health & Safety offences has more than trebled in
An HSE investigation has begun after a voluntary worker died while working on a canal excavation at Pewsham Locks in Wiltshire. A 63-year-old volunteer is
A company director has been jailed for 12 months and ordered to pay £4,000 costs following the death of one of his employees. Paul Williamson,
MP Will Quince has submitted a Bill to Parliament to provide employees with a statutory right to bereavement leave. The Bill is proposing to amend
The recent E. coli food poisoning outbreak linked to imported green leaves and salads shows a trend towards vegetables as an additional source of E.
A care home business has been convicted of a health and safety charge following the death of an 80 year old resident, when a wardrobe fell
Fashion retailer Hugo Boss has been fined £1.2m after a four-year-old boy died following an incident at its outlet in Bicester Village in 2013. The
Blog New guidelines announced by the Sentencing Council are set to have a dramatic effect on penalties handed down to organisations or individuals convicted of
Every year, around 25 people die of their injuries from electrical accidents at work and 1,000 electrical accidents are reported to Health and Safety Executive
The recent tragic death of a child in a London park when a tree limb collapsed has once again brought into focus the requirement for
