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18th November 2020
The regulations implemented by the government for Working Safely During Coronavirus have been in place since the Spring. Detailed guidance notes were created on a trade by trade basis to assist organisations in putting in place control measures and safe working practices. These are summarised on a dedicated page on the Lighthouse website here. The […]
11th November 2020
What’s Happened A manufacturer has recently been prosecuted and ordered to pay £525,000 following the failure to safely segregate workers and vehicles which resulted in a worker being hit by a forklift truck and seriously injured. Incident An employee was working at the companies manufacturing premises in Tredegar, south east Wales when he was struck […]
4th November 2020
A prudent business should have robust HR procedures in place; ready to deal with employee issues of conduct, capability or performance, in the interests of fairness. A structured approach is likely to get to the root of the problem and affords the employer and the employee ample opportunity to state their case. But what if […]
21st October 2020
What’s Happened? The Directors of a Care Home have recently pleaded guilty to significant breaches of fire safety regulations at their residential property in South Wales. The breaches were so severe they were described as potentially leading to a “large-scale tragedy”. Following multiple inspections from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, Residential Care Home (which […]
14th October 2020
What’s Happened? A supermarket in Hertfordshire has recently been fined £30,000 for providing unsafe equipment and what was described as a ‘flagrant disregard’ of a prohibition notice. Prohibition Notice Environmental health officers carrying out a routine inspection of the supermarket decided to serve a prohibition notice on a meat-cutting bandsaw that did not have an […]
5th October 2020
In 1943 Abraham Maslow proposed his psychological theory on the hierarchy of needs as part of his paper titled “The Theory of Human Motivation”. His idea is that humans inherently pass through stages of behavioural motivation; physiological needs, safety needs, the need to belong, esteem needs, and self-actualisation. Each stage represents the growth of the […]
30th September 2020
What’s Happening Despite numerous targeted inspections nationwide checking businesses remain Covid-19 compliant, the HSE has just announced that Health and Safety inspectors across Great Britain will also now be targeting construction firms to check that their health standards are up to scratch during a month-long dust inspection initiative, starting on Monday 5 October 2020. Why […]
23rd September 2020
What’s Happening.. Many businesses including some of the UK’s largest employers have rushed to pause plans for staff to return to their UK offices following fresh government guidance on coronavirus. What’s the plan? It appears that large city-based firms are giving a thumbs down to the idea of fully reopening, not only due to the practicalities of accommodating staff […]
17th September 2020
Garden Discount Centre Limited (GDC) of St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth, have been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,745 following a serious accident involving one of their employees and an excavator. Accident The incident occurred during contracting works being conducted at a school in Cromer, Norfolk. Jeremy Buck was acting as banksman, watching […]