Employers cannot discriminate on the basis of the ‘protected characteristics’ specified in the Equality Act 2010. These protected characteristics are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage
A tractor-driving farmworker who ran over a boy has been jailed. It is thought the driver drank some 13 pints of beer the night before
Blog Issuing payslips is normally a routine process and you may not give a lot of thought to the legislation behind it all. In fact,
As 2016 draws to a close, we reflect on some prominent tribunals and cases brought before courts, the new laws introduced and companies put under
BLOG Fixed-term contracts can be very useful to cover a period of maternity leave or long-term sick leave, to do a job where funding has
Amazon has come under fire for the working conditions at its Dunfermline warehouse in Scotland. Approximately 1,500 permanent staff work at the Dunfermline site, with
Research from the think tank Resolution Foundation has highlighted that there are currently 865,000 agency workers – this number has increased by 30% in the
A car components manufacturer has been fined after workers suffered back injuries from repeated manual lifting. The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) received six reports
An ejector seat manufacturer has been fined £800,000 after breaching the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002. The court was told three
A director of a restaurant in Taunton has been barred for six years for employing illegal workers. From 16th December 2016, the director cannot, either
