Often employers feel helpless when dealing with employees’ frequent short-term absences, which have a significant disruptive effect on staffing levels and productivity. For manufacturing employers,
Travelling to work isn’t always easy. You may be one of the millions of people who face the daily reality of crammed trains, buses or
A solar panel installation company along with its sole director has been fined after a passer-by reported unsafe working to the Health & Safety Executive
You’d hope that most people who leave your organisation would feel content about their experience with you, but there will always be one or two
Who doesn’t love some cake when celebrating a birthday? Chocolate, carrot, meringue, coffee, banana… most of us have a sweet tooth and find it very
For all employers, absences are very disruptive. In some sectors, if someone calls in sick, the work can wait. However, in the care sector, the
It may be an accepted part of life that women go through the menopause, but it is certainly less accepted that female employees may need
A new duty of candour is coming into effect on 1st April 2018 in Scotland. The aim of this duty is to ensure organisations are
A meat producer has been prosecuted after an employee was injured adjusting storage racking. Workers had been instructed to reposition top shelves. In doing so
Two recycling firms have been fined after several workers were injured by exploding print toner cartridges. The cartridges had been improperly stored and handled. The
