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Back pain reduced through "workplace ergonomics"

...sks to suit individual needs, rather than fitting workers to typical workplace layouts.According to the HS... | news | 20 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Employers "should be on red alert" if making redundancies

... employers shedding staff, it appears to be older workers and particularly older women who are bearing the... | news | 19 Aug 2008 12:00AM

HSE issues safety warning to agricultural industry

...07, there were 399 fatal accidents involving farm workers and 134 of these fatal incidents occurred during... | news | 18 Aug 2008 12:00AM

HSE: safety systems not being followed by offshore industry

... continues to invest in the sector to protect its workers and puts safety first." The statistics also reve... | news | 14 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Skipping lunch: can you force employees to take breaks?

...which could mean that a significant proportion of workers are at an increased risk of work-related stress.... | news | 14 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Redundancy: remember consultation and age discrimination

...ion for age discrimination are uncapped and older workers selected first or given less redundancy pay beca... | news | 12 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Olympics: will your staff take time off?

...ployer.” Indeed, should employers opt to allow workers to watch the Olympics, there are a number of way... | news | 11 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Employers reminded not to over-use CRB checks

...ve been making illegal criminal records checks on workers, employers are again being reminded that crimina... | news | 11 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Company and contractor fined after worker died falling from height

...an incident in a warehouse, where a refurbishment worker died after falling seven metres from a tower scaf... | case | 8 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Hiring temporary staff to cost £400m more?

... to £400m being added to the cost of hiring temp workers in certain sectors, the Recruitment & Employment... | news | 7 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Minimum wage changes "will be positive for employers"

...r number from which to choose the most productive workers. Although the changes will not come into force w... | news | 6 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Further changes to environmental permits proposed

...the Welsh Assembly Government and the Environment Agency are currently reviewing which waste handling busi... | news | 5 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Royal Mail accused of "draconian" absence management

... absences and spot patterns. Sometimes, showing a worker proof of an absence pattern is enough to change b... | news | 4 Aug 2008 12:00AM

Acas announces rise in Employment Tribunal claims

...ce, including health and wellbeing and vulnerable workers. Pilot schemes in Birmingham and London aimed at... | news | 1 Aug 2008 12:00AM

National Policy Forum: changes to employment legislation

..., the full minimum wage of £5.52 applies only to workers aged 22 and over. Those aged between 18 and 21 g... | news | 30 Jul 2008 12:00AM

Worker falls 10m to his death: employers fined £150,000

...companies following breaches of health and safety law that led to the death of one employee and the inj... | case | 30 Jul 2008 12:00AM

Security Industry Authority given powers to prosecute

...e threat and reality of prosecution."Representing workers in the security industy, the GMB Union also supp... | news | 28 Jul 2008 12:00AM

Range of amended legislation comes into force

...ments intended to update existing rules.Workplace Law Network has already reported on an amount of legi... | news | 1 Oct 2008 12:00AM

No review of 'reasonable practicability', says Government

...n UK employers to ensure the safety and health of workers "so far as is reasonably practicable" introduced... | news | 21 Jul 2008 12:00AM

European Works Councils to become "more effective"

...introducing a duty for them to report back to the workers and recognising the role of trade unions. Vladmi... | news | 21 Jul 2008 12:00AM

Employers 'hamper Government's work rehabilitation efforts'

...ore needs to be done to stem the steady stream of workers heading the other way. “Increased use of workp... | news | 18 Jul 2008 12:00AM

Changes to compulsory insurance regulations angers MPs

...for 40 years was introduced to make it easier for workers affected by long-latent diseases, such as asbest... | news | 16 Jul 2008 12:00AM

Crush injuries to worker cost multinational firm £45,000

...t adequate risk assessments were in place after a worker suffered severe crush injuries. On 17 March 2006,... | case | 10 Jul 2008 12:00AM

Short Term Absences: tackling the ‘Monday and Friday’ sick days

...unt for 80% of all employee absences. The average worker is absent for 8.4 days per year. The annual avera... | White paper | 15 Jul 2008 12:00AM