Dealing with sickness absence is a difficult and often daunting task for employers. Employers can find themselves making simple mistakes very easily. The problem is
Blog Withdrawing a job offer due to sickness can be a sensitive and legally intricate matter for employers. In this blog, we will address the
Shocking images and accounts of the Aberfan mining village disaster that claimed 144 lives were recently revisited to mark the course of fifty years. In
The government is seeking views on how best to help disabled people and those with long-term health conditions into the workplace and keep them in
A lorry driver has been jailed for 10 years after looking at his mobile moments before ploughing into traffic at 50mph. A woman and three
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 recent survey by the Trades Union Congress found that more than half of women polled had been subjected to sexual harassment at work. The
G4S was ordered to pay £1.8 million for failing to protect workers from the risk of Legionnaires’ disease, a serious respiratory illness caused by airborne
An all-party MP group on occupational health recently reported there is an asbestos “time-bomb in our schools.” Huge numbers of schools built in the three
Before July 2013, an individual looking to pursue claims in the Employment Tribunal could do so without paying any court fees. That changed following a
