
Foundry fined £21k after welder loses leg
A foundry has been fined £21,000 after a worker suffered severe injuries. The welder was working on a 2.5 tonne steel shaft bracket casting when

A foundry has been fined £21,000 after a worker suffered severe injuries. The welder was working on a 2.5 tonne steel shaft bracket casting when

A waste recycling company has been fined after a worker was struck by a reversing vehicle. Waste and recycling is statistically one of the most

Do you expect your team to wear a uniform? As long as the organisation’s rules on dress code are reasonable and non-discriminatory, employers have a

Employers want to mitigate the risks of Employment Tribunals claims at all costs, but sometimes errors creep in when managing performance issues which leave them

Does working a shorter working day on full pay sound like a dream for many of your employees? For some, the fantasy became a reality

While machinery makes jobs much easier, it can also cause serious injuries. Between 2014/15 – 2016/17 an annual average of 44,000 workers suffered injury due

An engineering company has been fined after a worker was struck by a forklift. The court heard the employee was working as a ‘banksman’ to

A trailer firm has been fined after an employee suffered fatal head injuries. The worker was operating a scissor-lift working platform known as a ‘cherry

Often, people can find themselves in all sorts of legal trouble for not thinking twice about what they write in emails. There’s a widespread assumption

A hospital in Manchester has taken the move to ban sugar from its restaurant in an attempt to address worries about workers’ obesity. Staff will