One week has seen three separate courts hand out heavy fines after unsafe work at height. This includes: Survey Roofing Group was ordered to pay
Employers need to recruit and retain an age-diverse workforce, but to their detriment, age discrimination remains widespread in workplaces. According to the findings of a
Your employee has just informed you that she is pregnant. You will have a million questions running through your head. It’s important that, at each
A boat manufacturer has been fined after an employee suffered chemical burns while using a solvent to clean a boat. The worker was using a
After a long period of illness or injury, medical advice may recommend a phased return to work. The aim of a phased return to work
A packaging company has been fined after a worker lost three fingers in a cutting machine. The employee was cleaning the hot blade of a
What do employers do if an employee gives you their letter of resignation and doesn’t come into work the next day? From an employer’s perspective,
A fencing manufacturer has been fined after a worker suffered serious injury. The employee had been manually packing fencing panels into shipping containers when some
Whether time spent by a worker sleeping on shift counts as working time for the purposes of calculating whether they have been paid at least
The Equality Act is very strict on what health or disability questions employers can ask during the recruitment process. As a general principle, it is
