Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers
For healthcare providers, having clear standards of behaviour is absolutely essential to delivering safe and high-quality care. However, for those whose operations transcend borders, there
Lame White Horse Health & Safety?
Volunteers responsible for maintaining a landmark white horse have been banned from working on it over Health & Safety concerns. The Forestry Commission which owns
How to determine someone’s employment status
Concerns around ‘bogus’ self-employment have been bubbling under the surface for the last couple of years. With cases coming thick and fast to courts and
Time off for surrogacy
One of your employees has announced that they are having a baby through surrogacy arrangements. You will be delighted for the employee, but may wonder
Supporting employees with cancer
Cancer can be devastating for all those affected by it. The majority of us will know someone who has been affected by cancer. It may
Overpaid an employee? What can you do?
Blog Things in the workplace don’t always go without a hitch. One simple mistake from payroll could mean you have accidentally overpaid an employee. But
Are your employees due a pay rise?
April has brought about a pay rise for those employees on the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage. But what about everyone else?
National Minimum Wage for Agriculture – A guide for employers
Employers who fail to pay the minimum wage are ‘named and shamed’. Nobody wants to be publicly shown up for not complying with the law,
Vehicle company fined after airbag fractures apprentice’s skull
A vehicle maintenance company has been fined after a worker suffered serious head injuries. The court heard the apprentice along with an experienced mechanic was
Fine after poultry Health & Safety measures
An egg production company and a joinery sub-contractor have been sentenced after a worker fell through a roof. The joiner had been helping to re-roof
Tesco fined after chemical burns:
Tesco worker chemically burned after COSHH breaches A supermarket chain has been fined after a store worker suffered chemical burns. The employee was using a
Dealing with short-term absences in manufacturing
Often employers feel helpless when dealing with employees’ frequent short-term absences, which have a significant disruptive effect on staffing levels and productivity. For manufacturing employers,
