Fined for not having employers' liability insurance

Companies are being warned that failure to insure their employees against liabilities for accidents and death while at work, will not go unpunished.

The warning follows a case in which business owner Paul Everall was fined £1,800 and costs of £708 after pleading guilty to a breach of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969.

The case brought by the HSE follows its investigation into the death of lorry driver Mark Fowell, who was fatally crushed by his lorry o... (293 more words)

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