The Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) 1998 was introduced to provide protection to workers who disclosed wrongdoing within the workplace. In its original form, oddly
Workers have a statutory right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings, so long as the companion is a fellow worker, trade union representative
In order for a worker to pursue a claim for disability discrimination they have to be disabled as defined within the Equality Act 2010. In
Under the Equality Act 2010, if a worker alleges that they have been treated less favourably because of a protected characteristic, for example sex, and
The effective management and control of health and safety risks involves careful consideration of those who may be affected by your work activities. This month
A Latvian national who spoke little English was killed, and his nephew left clinging to a wall, after a roof they were removing asbestos cement
A commercial director and a health and safety consultant have been sentenced to imprisonment after a worker was killed on a construction site when an
A major supermarket chain has been fined £80,000 after an employee slipped on a spillage in the food preparation area of a supermarket. The worker
A haulage firm has been fined for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured when an unsecured barrel fell from a lorry onto his
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has handed down its decision in the holiday pay case of Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton, which has attracted a great
