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HSE issues warning after potentially lethal gas build up

...e gas had been released, a contract electrician re-entered the substation but decided to leave immedi... | case | 29 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Burden of proof when an employee dies – House of Lords appeal

Two companies and a company director ordered to pay fines totaling £250,000 ... | case | 17 Dec 2008 12:00AM

£335,000 compensation for family of man crushed to death at work

...homas was a tragic accident which could have been avoided. This family has, understandably, suffered deeply... | case | 13 Oct 2008 12:00AM

Final cost of Buncefield fire could hit £1bn

...findings yesterday, exactly three years after the explosion and fire at the oil depot near Hemel Hempstead, H... | what the papers say | 12 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Construction companies warned about need for safe systems of work

... on 24 May 2005, when a tipper truck carrying 'tar-covered road-rubble' on the Jerningham Arms site i... | case | 10 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Unions in ‘end opt-out’ call before Working Time debate

The UK's controversial opt-out from a European Directive should be ended in a... | news | 15 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Statement from employer does not provide protection, says EAT

... supplied tools and services and personnel to the oil industry. In 2003 Mr Ravat went to work in Liby... | case | 4 Dec 2008 12:00AM

HSE warns offshore workers following prosecution

...all arrest harness, this accident could have been avoided. The HSE will not hesitate to take action against... | case | 28 Nov 2008 12:00AM

Need for workers to consider elderly residents highlighted

...aware of the dangers to elderly people after an 81-year-old woman fell through an open hatch in her h... | case | 28 Nov 2008 12:00AM

HSE machinery warning following finger injury

...ution followed an incident on 5 March 2008 at the company's premises, when a blockage occurred on a packagi... | case | 27 Nov 2008 12:00AM

Working at height warnings following worker death

...ector Georgina Speake says:"Many incidents can be avoided if employers identify a safe way of tackling a jo... | case | 25 Nov 2008 12:00AM

Court asks: how limited is limited liability?

...o the usual priorities in any liquidation) may be avoided. The defrauded creditor may now have a direct cau... | case | 17 Nov 2008 12:00AM

HSE prosecution follows employee fall from roof

...tal injury and caused 3,409 major injuries in 2006-2007. Work at height must always be properly plann... | case | 7 Nov 2008 12:00AM

PCG issues new IR35 tax warning

...roduced by then Chancellor Gordon Brown as an anti-tax avoidance measure, the Professional Contractor... | news | 22 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Heavy penalties for waste offences

...e Agency of £4871 for licence fees that had been avoided. Some of the historic waste was contaminated. Th... | case | 31 Oct 2008 12:00AM

Landlady fined over gas safety breaches

...£3,719.Health and Safety inspector Andrew Verrall-Withers, says: “I hope this case sends a clear m... | case | 8 Jan 2009 12:00AM

Many businesses unaware of silica dust dangers, warns HSE

...Reaching smaller businesses such as the one or two-man bands remains an important goal. Recently, I s... | news | 7 Jan 2009 12:00AM

IOSH: new legislation reinforces need for safety focus

...y cannot afford it. We’ve already seen many well-known high street firms collapse under the financi... | news | 7 Jan 2009 12:00AM

New Year resolution should be to drive safer, says DSA

...nsure your vehicle is prepared for wintry weather - check the condition of the lights and tyres, and ... | news | 7 Jan 2009 12:00AM

Employers blast Benylin ‘throw a sickie’ advert

...slammed Benylin, saying: "It is not helpful for a company to provide a guide to taking a sick day to advert... | news | 7 Jan 2009 12:00AM

Union warns retail chain against widespread redundancies

...ived in a culture of fear. Goode lost his £44,000-a-year job with the company when he leaked details... | news | 6 Jan 2009 12:00AM

Health and safety outside premises: where do duties end?

... Council to prosecute businesses that display ‘A-boards’ outside premises has prompted questions ... | news | 13 Oct 2008 12:00AM

Economic downturn sees bosses risking their health

...ncial downturn.The research by ELAS shows that two-thirds of bosses are committing "significantly" mo... | news | 30 Dec 2008 12:00AM

EU vote on working week opt out to take place today

...ay (17 December) could see an end to Britain's opt-out of European laws which currently limit the wor... | news | 17 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Thousands of Scottish workers paid below minimum wage

...w the national minimum wage, say official figures - more than double the previous year's number. In t... | news | 16 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Employer reconsidering childcare vouchers because of cost

...went on maternity leave.This means that any mother-to-be who already has a child and is claiming chil... | news | 15 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Industry likely to offer pay cuts to keep employees

...hs ahead. The forecasts follows news that Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus has suggested a 10% pay cut... | news | 12 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Skills revolution did not materialise in 2008, says BCC

...h street giants have also released plans for large-scale increases in the numbers of apprenticeships.... | news | 8 Dec 2008 12:00AM

Lucky escape for Slough chemical blast workers

... Slough rubber factory were luckily saved from an explosion yesterday because they were in a meeting elsewher... | news | 2 Dec 2008 12:00AM

UK death-rate inequalities revealed

Four times as many north-east cleaners and labourers aged 25 to 64 died in ... | news | 1 Dec 2008 12:00AM