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9th November 2022
What’s Happened? Logistics giant Eddie Stobart has recently been fined £133,000 after work at one of its sites exposed staff to asbestos. The firm was fined following a series of failures that took place while excavation work was carried out at its rail and container freight port in Widnes. The works resulted in the disturbance […]
2nd November 2022
What’s Happened? A Building Contractor has recently been fined £600,000 and its director ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and also fined £4,200 following serious and repeated failings in managing fire safety during work on a construction site under their control. Back in January 2018, an Inspector from the Health and Safety Executive […]
27th October 2022
A settlement agreement (formerly known as a compromise agreement) is an agreement made between an employee and employer which is legally binding and usually offers the employee an ex- gratia in return for not pursuing any claims in the tribunal. Settlement agreements are generally used when an employee and employer wish to mutually terminate a […]
19th October 2022
What’s Happened A meat production company has recently been fined £440,000 after a security guard at an abattoir was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle passing through the site’s entrance gates. A 63-year-old security guard, who was working for an independent security company, was on duty at the gated entrance of the site […]
12th October 2022
What’s Happened? A building firm has recently been fined after putting workers working at height at risk during the refurbishment of a former warehouse building in London. It is understood the company deliberately breached a HSE Prohibition Notice served on the site. The company was using a site-made cradle during the renovation of the five-story […]
5th October 2022
What’s Happening? HSE has recently announced that its Inspectors will be carrying out over 1,000 inspections to construction sites during October and November, with specific focus on checking how workers are moving heavy or bulky materials. Recent accident/incident statistics show around 40,000 people in the construction industry suffer a Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) each year. The […]
27th September 2022
In order for an employee to fall under the protection of disabled under the Equality Act 2010, they must be disabled at the time of the discriminatory act. In the recent case of Quinn v Sense Scotland ETS/4111971/2021, the tribunal confirmed that an employee who caught COVID-19 two weeks before their dismissal was not disabled […]
22nd September 2022
What’s Happening? The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently announced that its Inspectors are to commence a targeted inspection regime over autumn/winter – specifically focussing on manufacturing businesses where materials that contain silica are used. This Inspection initiative is on the back of recently updated guidance produced to support businesses who are involved in […]
7th September 2022
What’s Happened? A carpentry and joinery company has recently been fined after one of their employees who was working unsecured on the forks of a forklift truck fell 3.5 metres to the ground. The employee was working for Staircraft Group Limited at their head office site in Coventry undertaking window cleaning duties, he was working […]