Every year, over 5,000 accidents involve transport in the workplace. Main causes of injury are people falling off vehicles, or being crushed or struck by
As industrialisation has progressed, so too has the use of efficiency-saving machinery. However, it’s important to think about safety when working with machines, as they
BLOG Under the Equality Act (EqA) 2010, employers may be held vicariously liable for acts of harassment committed by one employee against another – but
The HSE’s annual summary statistics have highlighted the true extent of rising health and safety fines. Alarmingly, latest figures reveal that the average level of
With estimates from the Office of National Statistics suggesting that Immigration to the UK from the EU is at its lowest level since 2013, hospitality
As it does at the end of October each year, the HSE has now published its annual report revealing the extent of work-related injury and
In a recent survey, 35% of SMEs said there was “no real link between what they have to do for health and safety and actually
Most of the discussion around sexual harassment in the workplace involves women as the subject of the unwanted conduct – but what happens when the
A manufacturer has been fined after an employee suffered serious injury in a fall from height. The employee was injured after he fell from a
Blog It’s quite common for employers in office-based businesses to have a relaxed attitude to health and safety. You might assume that if there
