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Xmas Working Period...ays (plus the extra 5 days) plus bank holidays to workers (again, this is standard at companies I have work... | comment | 14 Nov 2008 12:00AM | |
Only one rest break required if working more than six hours, says EAT...k involves mainly CCTV monitoring then both these workers and DSE operators should be "special cases" under... | comment | 11 Nov 2008 12:00AM | |
Many businesses unaware of silica dust dangers, warns HSE...estimated that in 2004 more than 500 construction workers lost their lives to lung cancer and even more wer... | news | 7 Jan 2009 12:00AM | |
IOSH: new legislation reinforces need for safety focus...shments for those organisations that do put their workers lives at risks. This legislation also follows in ... | news | 7 Jan 2009 12:00AM | |
Employers blast Benylin ‘throw a sickie’ advert...m, the UK takes far less time off sick than other European countries (though absence from work still c... | news | 7 Jan 2009 12:00AM | |
Union warns retail chain against widespread redundancies...were going to cut the redundancy terms for 66,000 workers. He appealed against the sacking. M&S at the time... | news | 6 Jan 2009 12:00AM | |
HSE campaign to prevent deaths targets farming industry...ponsible for between 15% and 20% of fatalities to workers each year. Two-thirds (64%) of all deaths in farm... | news | 5 Jan 2009 12:00AM | |
Employment law 'less burdensome' in 2009...has seen changes to employment law, including new EU rules set to give temporary workers the same righ... | news | 31 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Economic downturn sees bosses risking their health... that two-thirds of bosses are committing "significantly" more time to their job. More than half of the... | news | 30 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
HSE’s New Year safety message for businesses...illed or injured in work-related incidents in the UK last year according to the latest figures from th... | news | 30 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
'Cyber skiving' rife during Christmas break...late, and a further two thirds are planning to go out for long lunches with colleagues.Previous researc... | news | 29 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Flood forecasting system announced... new flood warning centre is to be set up as part of a package designed to help protect people and bus... | news | 19 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Latest statistics highlight agricultural dangers...published today by the HSE. In 2007/08 another 39 workers died bringing the ten-year total death toll to 45... | news | 19 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Preston Council is latest to set own minimum wage...ity Council has become the latest of a handful of UK local authorities whose employees will receive at... | news | 19 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
HSE Construction Chief outlines strategy to improve sector...ety of Great Britain – Be Part of the Solution' can be read here. It focuses on achieving the followi... | news | 18 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Bureaucracy "puts employers off taking on new staff"...sinesses (FSB).The number of traders and entrepreneurs who work on their own has increased over the la... | news | 17 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Employers need more support to hire addicts, says research... president and group chief executive of Barclays, agrees: "If we are to reduce drug misuse, employers must ... | news | 17 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
IOSH highlights problems of seasonal stress...sure the health and safety of their staff."In the UK, recent statistics indicate that work-related str... | news | 16 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Male consultants earn a third more than female counterparts.... Torsten Muth, managing director of Experteer.co.uk, says: "Despite the continuous effort by equality... | news | 16 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Public sector pensions a “timebomb”, CBI warns...ll figures since March 2006.Around a fifth of the UK workforce is enrolled in public sector “defined... | news | 15 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
HSE disappointed by 'muddling along' on construction sites...sary competence." Cheshire inspectors dealt with: workers at risk of falling from unsafe scaffolding, unboa... | news | 12 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
HSE inspection blitz targeted Harrogate businesses... on key areas of concern where there was a significant risk of injury or ill health. A number of key fa... | news | 11 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Skills revolution did not materialise in 2008, says BCC...s represents a fraction of the 2.2 million in the UK who could have done so. BCC skills policy adviser... | news | 8 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
HSE inspection initiative to combat rising death toll...ve a legal responsibility to protect the lives of workers and site safety should be paramount. HSE inspecto... | news | 5 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Don’t push minimum wage up too far, retail leaders say... rate, set at the start of October, is £5.73 for workers aged 22 and over, £4.77 for 18 to 21-year- olds ... | news | 5 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Minimum wage still too low, says TUC to Low Pay Commission..."A low minimum wage would not only leave low paid workers - predominantly women - in poverty, but it would ... | news | 2 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Drink drive warning ahead of the festive season...ch of the policy; provide advice as to where help can be obtained and details of any support that the e... | news | 1 Dec 2008 12:00AM | |
Scots more likely to stand up for health and safety...n to view health and safety as “silly laws from Europe”; and Scottish respondents were more likely... | news | 27 Nov 2008 12:00AM | |
Young people to benefit from new training rights at work...ement for highly skilled and highly knowledgeable workers". The Act will require 16- and 17-year-olds who... | news | 27 Nov 2008 12:00AM | |
Was employee bullied or did working relationship break down?...issal against the Automobile Association (AA) at Southampton Employment Tribunal is now understood to b... | case | 27 Nov 2008 12:00AM | |







