
Top tips for hiring young workers
Employers may wish to hire young workers in half-term and in the run-up to Christmas. You need to be aware, however, that special employment rules

Employers may wish to hire young workers in half-term and in the run-up to Christmas. You need to be aware, however, that special employment rules

A judge has branded a care home manager as being “out of her depth” despite having a Health & Safety qualification after a resident died

A manufacturing company has been fined £1m after a worker was crushed by falling machinery. As with the recent fine of £5m for the owners

Women are feeling under pressure from their employers to wear heels, provocative tops, tights skirts and apply more makeup to look sexy at work.

Alton Towers operator, Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd, has been hit with a record industry fine of £5m for the crash on its Smiler rollercoaster last

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,

Running a school is a risky business. But just how do you define “risk”? By law schools must be run in ways that make sure

A Canterbury school has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of almost £10,000 after a seven-year-old boy needed CPR during a swimming lesson.

On becoming an academy school, governing owner-operators take on legal responsibility for the Health & Safety of staff and students. If you govern an academy