
Phased return to work after sickness
After a long period of illness or injury, medical advice may recommend a phased return to work. The aim of a phased return to work

After a long period of illness or injury, medical advice may recommend a phased return to work. The aim of a phased return to work

A packaging company has been fined after a worker lost three fingers in a cutting machine. The employee was cleaning the hot blade of a

What do employers do if an employee gives you their letter of resignation and doesn’t come into work the next day? From an employer’s perspective,

A fencing manufacturer has been fined after a worker suffered serious injury. The employee had been manually packing fencing panels into shipping containers when some

Whether time spent by a worker sleeping on shift counts as working time for the purposes of calculating whether they have been paid at least

The Equality Act is very strict on what health or disability questions employers can ask during the recruitment process. As a general principle, it is

The rules on subject access requests changed under the GDPR. The right of access, commonly known as subject access, allows employees to make a request

After a weekend of sizzling heat, the warm weather seems here to stay. When working in these hot conditions, work may not be the number

A textile firm has been fined after safety breaches led to a worker being crushed to death. In attempting to free a stuck package, the

Unauthorised absences can hit manufacturing businesses hard. Although there is no magic wand to make all these absences disappear, there are ways to reduce absences