Call us now on 0300 303 5228
The latest news from Lighthouse
19th July 2023
Introduction Lithium batteries which power e-bikes and e-scooters are the fastest growing fire risk within premises. In London alone, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) revealed their statistics that indicate the emergency services have been called out to a battery fire once every two days. The risk is such that all e-vehicles have been banned from […]
12th July 2023
What’s Happening Following on from the HSE’s recent Construction site campaign targeting dust control, inspectors have now begun another targeted inspection initiative – this time with the spotlight focused on manufacturing businesses. The inspections are starting this month (July), and this will involve HSE Inspectors visiting manufacturing sites in order to check that employers and […]
5th July 2023
What’s Happened? A transport company has recently been fined over a quarter of a million pounds after a worker fell from a lorry and fractured his skull. The delivery driver had been delivering glass to a customer’s site in Hinckley, Leicestershire when the incident occurred. It transpires that as no forklift truck was available to […]
29th June 2023
Ms Jiang Ping (the Claimant) worked as a Senior Manager in a part-time role at the Respondent (James Duran’s & Sons Ltd) and has recently been successful in a claim for sex discrimination and victimisation after being denied a pay rise due to her husband’s salary. The Claimant commenced employment with the Respondent in 1998. […]
14th June 2023
Introduction In this blog, we lift the lid on the important topic of health surveillance – which is an essential part of ensuring employees’ health is not impacted by their work. Health surveillance is a scheme of repeated health checks which are used to identify ill health caused by work. Typical health risks which require […]
7th June 2023
What’s Happened? A Bradford man has recently been given a suspended prison sentence after an employee sustained life-threatening injuries when he fell 30-feet through a fragile roof and landed on pallets below. Leeds Crown Court heard how the injured employee was working on the roof of a unit in Shipley. However, he fell through the […]
30th May 2023
In the case of Lovingangels Care Ltd v Mhindurwa [2023] EAT 65, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the decision of the Tribunal that it was unfair to dismiss Mrs Mhindurwa (‘the Claimant’) from her role as a live-in carer by reason of redundancy when they had not fully considered Furlough as an alternative. The Claimant […]
17th May 2023
What’s Happening Starting this week, HSE inspections will be undertaking a targeted Inspection campaign to Construction Sites across the country – with a specific focus on dust control. The Inspections are understood to be continuing throughout May, June and July 2023. As part of this focussed ‘respiratory health’ campaign, HSE will be checking that both […]
10th May 2023
What’s Happened? A hotel director has been recently fined for failing to safeguard customers, employees and contractors after blocked fire escapes were found. Officers from Swindon Borough Council’s Food, Health and Safety Team visited the Swandown Hotel in Swindon following complaints from customers regarding health and safety concerns which included blocked fire escapes, damaged electric […]