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14th January 2020
What’s happening? The HSE has recently published revised guidance on welding fume – this comes after it started enforcing higher standards in this area back in 2019. The long-awaited practical guidance will help employers understand how to manage the health risks of welding, and inspectors will be visiting to check businesses are on track with […]
7th January 2020
As 2019 has come to a close, it’s time to look ahead to developments in employment law for 2020 and which key legislation may require consideration for your business. Watch out for the introduction of the Good Work Plan. This is a piece designed to close the ‘Swedish derogation’ loophole used by agencies for opting […]
17th December 2019
What’s Happened? Bike retailer Halfords has recently been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after a set of heavy boxes collapsed on to a staff member, pinning him against a wall and leaving him with a suspected cracked rib during the busy festive period. This case serves as a timely reminder for our retail-based clients […]
5th December 2019
Spare a thought for the myriad of hazards faced by Santa each year….In this blog, we take a light-hearted festive look over the risk assessment requirements involved in delivering millions of gifts around the world. So what exactly does Santa need to do to make sure he’s safe and that we all have a Merry […]
4th December 2019
‘Worker’ is a broad term for people who work for a living either (a) under a contract of employment (an “employee”) or (b) under any other contract whereby the individual performs work or services for another party. Employment status affords certain rights such as minimum wage, working time rights, health and safety protection and the […]
27th November 2019
It’s less than a month until Christmas and the office parties are about to start coming thick and fast. So it’s time to put plans in place to ensure that your workforce doesn’t take the idea too literally. As we move into December it’s nearly the “season to be jolly’, and so without sounding like […]
20th November 2019
It would be hoped that subject access requests (“SAR”) are considered a useful tool to assist genuinely concerned employees in understanding the data held about them by their employers. Unfortunately, there is a growing consensus among employers that employee requests are being used to apply administrative pressure, expense and additional complexities, particularly when there is […]
14th November 2019
The HSE has recently published new guidance with the aim of managing expectations about its likely enforcement response to reports of work-related stress. Stress… The HSE defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’. Employees obviously feel stress when they can’t cope with pressures […]
7th November 2019
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently released the annual injury and ill-health statistics for 2018/2019. These figures include statistics for work-related ill health, workplace injuries, working days lost, enforcement action taken, and the associated costs to Great Britain. Figures show that around 581,000 workers sustained non-fatal injuries in 2018/2019, with 1.4 million workers […]
