An employee has been awarded nearly £75,300 in compensation after their employer failed to make reasonable adjustments. As this employer found out, making mistakes when
The House of Lords will debate a Private Member’s Bill which proposes to amend the law by prohibiting unpaid work experience or internships exceeding four
Big Ben’s famous bongs may be silenced for Health & Safety reasons. Parliamentary authorities announced the 13.7 tonne Great Bell may stop bonging to protect
A coach fabricator has appeared in court after an apprentice was seriously injured in a fall from height. The court heard the worker was helping
Blog The UK’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has unanimously ruled that fees in respect of Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal proceedings are unlawful.
A haulage firm employee was hit on the head when metal ducting weighing 28kg fell from the top of a double-decker trailer. The blow fractured
Many people are swapping tobacco cigarettes for e-cigarettes, with Public Health England estimating that there are around 2. 8 million adults using them in Great
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the care homes regulator, has warned many homes are “failing on safety”. Its inspectors found around a quarter of care
Blog The dismissal of an employee with 17 years of service after she made derogatory comments about her employer on social media may seem “harsh”,
A utility company has been given a huge £1.8million fine for failing to protect a worker from the risk of drowning at its waste water
