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13th October 2011
In the recent case of Cordell v Foreign & Commonwealth Office the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that a proposed adjustment for a disabled person was not reasonable because of the cost. The EAT’s decision confirms the finding of the original hearing which was held before an employment tribunal and found […]
13th October 2011
One of the main Employment-related stories dominating the headlines in the past couple of weeks has been the fact that the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that the unfair dismissal qualifying period will rise from one to two years and that fees will be introduced in the employment tribunals. Following Mr Osborne’s speech at the […]
10th October 2011
A County Durham engineering firm has been fined £100,000 with £44,000 costs after a worker was crushed to death while clearing a jam on a production line. Durham Crown Court heard that the employee had been working in the press shop of the company’s Newton Aycliffe plant, which manufactures components for the car industry. An […]
7th October 2011
A demolition contractor has been fined £5,000 with costs of £6,828 after ignoring repeated warnings from the HSE and exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos during demolition of a site The court heard how the company was first served with a Prohibition Notice ceasing activity at the site in February 2010, because work to remove […]
7th October 2011
Marks and Spencer plc and three of its contractors have been fined for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores in Reading and Bournemouth. The sentencing hearing, at Bournemouth Crown Court, resulted in Marks and Spencer plc being fined £1 […]
23rd September 2011
In the recently decided case of Whitham v Club 24 Ltd t/a Ventura an Employment Tribunal held that the dismissal of an employee, for making derogatory comments about her workplace on Facebook, was not reasonable in all the circumstances and was therefore unfair. As well as the comments being “relatively minor”, the Employment Tribunal also […]
23rd September 2011
In the recent case of Perry v Imperial College Healthcare the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the position of an employee with two jobs who was dismissed for taking sick leave from one job while working in the other job. The facts of the case were that the claimant, Ms Perry, worked part-time for two […]
19th September 2011
The second prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 has got underway, in a case that will hopefully clarify how the legislation will be interpreted by the Courts. Storage equipment supplier Lion Steel Equipment Ltd is facing charges over the death of employee Steven Berry, who was killed in 2008 when he fell through a […]
26th August 2011
The HSE has recently released what they consider to be the top 10 most bizarre health and safety bans/restrictions spotted in the media over the last 12 months. In reality, none of these stories have anything whatsoever to do with health and safety law, and in the majority are decisions made by ill-informed persons arising […]