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Care organisations reminded to risk assess following death of 90-year-old

...oyers to ensure that risk assessments are carried out to determine the suitability of equipment used in... | case | 2 Dec 2008 12:00AM


Council fined for exposing woodwork teacher to wood dust

...ices for woodworkers can be found at: www.hse.gov.uk/woodworking/index.htm   | case | 2 Dec 2008 12:00AM


“Exposure” basis for mesothelioma claims challenged

...uably the growth of a tumour of diagnosable size, can develop some 40 years after exposure to asbestos ... | case | 1 Dec 2008 12:00AM


HSE machinery warning following finger injury

... failed to protect the health and safety of their workers. The company failed to ensure that a risk assessm... | case | 27 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Tribunal throws out ‘serial litigator’s’ ageism claims

...ecruiting for "newly qualified" and "entry level" candidates - even though she had 18 years’ experien... | case | 26 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Baroness Hale: new equality laws will not close gender gap

...tion worse. In 2006-07, only six per cent of applicants won sex discrimination claims at a tribunal. At... | what the papers say | 21 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Litigation: when the costs dwarf the damages...

...n respect of the claim and counterclaim in effect cancelled each other out. No order was made for costs... | case | 21 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Farmers urged to reassess risks following accidental death

...ook objectively at the practices that they have adopted over many years. Just because they have been do... | case | 20 Nov 2008 12:00AM


HSE warns companies to clean machinery safely after latest prosecution

...rd company. This follows the prosecution of Knauf UK GMBH, which pleaded guilty at Sittingbourne Magis... | case | 18 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Court asks: how limited is limited liability?

...f company directors didn't have enough to worry about as the economy slides into recession, the protect... | case | 17 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Company fined for burning waste on demolition site

...e will not hesitate to prosecute companies that flout the law in this way.”Leominster Plant & Demolit... | case | 12 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Use of length of service as a selection criterion for redundancy

...rovides an exception where the employer may treat workers differently with reference to length of service. ... | case | 12 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Tarique Ghaffur due to settle police race case out of court

...liminary tribunal hearing set for last Monday was cancelled as negotiations began. The settlement is ex... | what the papers say | 11 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Regulations protect against harassment because of another person's religion

...n of the EC framework directive and also with the UK case law on the wide interpretation to be given t... | case | 11 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Demand for national asbestos database as cancer deaths surge

...ational database so that employees and the public can check how much asbestos their workplaces contain.... | what the papers say | 10 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Health and Safety (Offences) Act – the details

...proof applies is compatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Namely, the rig... | briefing | 20 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Skip hire contractor fined after employee is crushed by machinery

...HSE Inspector Stephen Garsed says: "While nothing can make up for the appalling life-changing injuries ... | case | 6 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Pubs given migrant worker warning

...force in a few weeks’ time.New rules set by the UK Borders Agency are due to come into force in late... | what the papers say | 5 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Action against suspected ageism is not ageism, rules EAT

...specialist at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM. "If the decision had gone the other way ... | case | 4 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Procurement – disclosing the criteria, when will we learn?

...shed, as required, in the official journal of the European Union on 15 March 2007. The tender of the p... | case | 3 Nov 2008 12:00AM


Heavy penalties for waste offences

...te has plagued land just north of Pyebush Roundadbout, Beaconsfield, for many years.  But Aylesbury Cr... | case | 31 Oct 2008 12:00AM


Exploding pipe stopper injured contractor on construction site

...d space where he was working, resulting in significant hospital treatment, the HSE has found. The joine... | case | 30 Oct 2008 12:00AM


More than half of business premises do not comply with asbestos regulations

... asbestos could threaten the lives of hundreds of workers across the district as more than half of business... | what the papers say | 29 Oct 2008 12:00AM


Employment status: misrepresentation is distinguishable from mischaracterisation

...f a contract of employment. Any tax advantage for workers claiming to have self-employed status did not, of... | case | 28 Oct 2008 12:00AM


Plasterer who lost sight in one eye wins £32,000 damages

...and demolishing the passage walls. He was working outside the house shovelling small stones used below ... | case | 27 Oct 2008 12:00AM


Can an employer refuse to pay statutory sick pay?

...ewhere, refused to pay him statutory sick pay without authorisation from the benefits agency. The claim... | case | 24 Oct 2008 12:00AM


Man died after inhaling ammonia fumes at work

...igan cold storage company has been ordered to pay out £41,116, following an incident in which a man wa... | what the papers say | 23 Oct 2008 12:00AM


Contract termination: contractor not waiving, employer drowning

...esting illustration of how an old payment default can come back to haunt an employer.  The practical i... | case | 23 Oct 2008 12:00AM


EAT overturns race discrimination award of £2.8m

...is a somewhat salutary reminder of the risk which can be faced from a discrimination claim where there ... | case | 23 Oct 2008 12:00AM


British Airways worker seeks to overturn ruling on wearing cross

A devout Christian today began an appeal against an employ... | what the papers say | 21 Oct 2008 12:00AM


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