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13th November 2017
If ever there was a good argument to bring to the board regarding the importance of effective Health and Safety management– then read on! Fines handed to those found guilty of health and safety breaches has increased by a staggering 80% in the last 12 months following the introduction of the new sentencing guidelines in […]
2nd November 2017
What’s happened? In a landmark Crown Court ruling, an employee who installed a 40-stone automated gate to the garden of a house that fell and crushed a grandmother to death in front of her granddaughter has been jailed for three years for manslaughter by gross negligence What went wrong? The court heard how the home […]
30th October 2017
What’s happened? As reported on in a recent blog (click here), and in response to court proceedings – the HSE’s fee for intervention (FFI) scheme has recently been amended to include a fairer, more impartial appeals process. FFI FFI is the HSE’s change-back scheme which forces non-compliant business to pay the cost of enforcement action […]
30th October 2017
In a recent case, the Supreme Court confirmed that diplomatic immunity did not apply to a diplomat and his wife once the diplomatic mission had come to an end in a case where they had mistreated a domestic worker. The Vienna Convention grants different degrees of immunity to those concerned with a diplomatic mission depending […]
30th October 2017
In a recent case, the Court of Appeal confirmed that a school’s policy of segregating boys and girls when they reach a certain age amounted to direct discrimination. As confirmed by the Equality Act 2010, Direct discrimination takes place when ‘because of a protected characteristic, A treats B less favourably than A treats or would […]
30th October 2017
The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill 2017-19 was published on 13 October 2017. This Private Members’ Bill is backed by the Government and therefore it is likely to become legislation in due course. There are no current statutory provisions governing compassionate or bereavement leave. Companies often have a basic policy which provides for a […]
30th October 2017
What has happened? A demolition company and its director have been sentenced after a worker suffered serious crush injuries when his arms were trapped between two 10 tonne steel girders. What went wrong? The managing director of S.Evans & Sons Limited was operating machinery to stack girders when he dropped one onto and employee’s arms. […]
9th October 2017
The Owner of a former factory has been fined after breaching the requirements of a Fire Safety Prohibition Notice. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) officers inspected a factory called Zigzag in Glastonbury. The premises is a large former three-storey factory, and was found to have all floors in use providing various functions, […]
9th October 2017
During a site safety inspection you were told that all staff using dust masks and any other respiratory protective equipment (RPE) must have a face-fit test. What is this and is it really necessary? What is fit testing? A face-fit test is a procedure which identifies whether a seal is made between the skin and […]