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‘Avoidable’ | Company fined thousands over child gate crush fatality

2nd August 2019 No Comments

An electric gate company has been handed a £30,000 fine for health and safety failings that led to the death of a six-year-old boy. The

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Social media | Can employers be held liable for posts employees make outside of work?

12th July 2019 No Comments

BLOG All too often, ill-judged posts on social media become a work issue, with ramifications for both employees and employers. In recent years, we’ve seen

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Delays, transfers and cancellations | Survey reveals the “embarrassing” state of the UK Tribunal system

2nd July 2019 No Comments

Blog The Tribunal system is buckling under the pressure of increasing claim numbers. Last month, the government issued the latest round of Employment Tribunal statistics for the

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28th March 2019 No Comments

The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety warning after lives have been put at risk through bad-habit use of platform lifts. What are

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23rd October 2018 No Comments

Blog Hospitality | Slips, Trips and Falls Slips, trips and falls are the most frequently occurring accidents in the hospitality industry. However, they can readily

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Funerals | Are employees entitled to time off?

28th August 2018 No Comments

Blog In the event an employee suffers bereavement, employers need to handle the situation with care and sensitivity. At times like this, the employee may

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SUMMER HOLIDAYS | Should parents have priority for annual leave?

13th August 2018 No Comments

Allocating annual leave is a challenge, especially when dealing with requests from working parents. Imagine one of your employees, Max, finds the perfect package holiday

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HR NEWS | Underpaying National Minimum Wage Fines

11th July 2018 No Comments

Blog Almost 240 employers have been named and shamed by the government for underpaying the National Living and Minimum Wage. Employers have underpaid 22,400 workers

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Crackdown on zero hours contracts for domiciliary care workers

17th April 2018 No Comments

April has brought about some changes for employers in Wales in relation to domiciliary workers. Perhaps the most significant change is that providers are now

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HR GUIDE | Flexible working for the care sector

19th March 2018 No Comments

Accommodating flexible working requests can be challenging, but more so, for employers in the care sector. The nature of the work can mean that workers

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