
Employment tribunals and cases in 2017
We look at four key cases that the employment tribunals and courts will be considering in 2017 and which employers and HR professionals need to

Five key HR issues in 2017
What does 2017 hold in store for employers and HR professionals? We look at five key laws that will come into effect. 1 Changes to


Company fined after two injuries in two days
A logistics company has been fined after two employees were seriously injured in two days. The court heard how an employee suffered crush injuries to

Corner-cutting boss guilty of manslaughter
A haulage boss and a mechanic have been found guilty of manslaughter after a faulty tipper truck ran out of control killing four people. The

Accessing an employee’s medical reports
Do you know the process to follow to get an employee’s medical report? Do you know what to do if the employee doesn’t give consent?
Slack safety nets company £100k fine
A company boss has avoided jail despite a “lackadaisical and unprofessional” approach to safety in which a man died in a human cannonball stunt. Scott

What does the law say about payslips?
Blog Issuing payslips is normally a routine process and you may not give a lot of thought to the legislation behind it all. In fact,

Calls to reward employers hiring ex-offenders
The Work and Pensions Committee is calling for rewards to be given employers who actively hire ex-offenders. The Committee praises those employers, like Timpson and

Drunk tractor driver jailed after killing boy
A tractor-driving farmworker who ran over a boy has been jailed. It is thought the driver drank some 13 pints of beer the night before

Scaffold-skipping bosses fined
A roofing company and two directors have been fined after a member of the public photographed unsafe practices. Enviroply Roofing Ltd carried out major refurbishment

Garage fined after customer falls into pit
A garage-owning mechanic has been fined after a customer was injured picking up his car. The court heard the injured man’s car was parked in