Blog Handling grievances in a quick and efficient manner can be extremely beneficial to an employer – you can maintain good employment relationships, prevent small
Ministers have ordered a crackdown on employers in the so-called gig economy who use a high number of self-employed or agency workers amid concerns about
BLOG Investigating an employee’s alleged misconduct is one of those challenges that many employers dread. It may seem like a negative process that can drain
A £200,000 fine handed to a company for Health & Safety transgressions highlights the dangers involved in ‘Work at Height’. The court heard that an
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
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
Sometimes the unthinkable happens. For many employers, being informed that one of your employees has been convicted of a crime and will be facing time
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.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced it will administer a Crown Censure to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over the deaths of three
A care home business has been convicted of a health and safety charge following the death of an 80 year old resident, when a wardrobe fell
