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UK Coal ordered to pay £1.2 million for safety failings
UK Coal Mining Ltd has been ordered to pay £1.2 million for safety failings that cost the lives of four mineworkers in separate incidents at two collieries in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands. The company was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court this week for four breaches of Section 2(1) and three breaches of Section 3 of the Health and S...
Case | 15 Dec 2011
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Sickness absence costing small firms £1,500 a year
The Government has been urged to introduce a small employer's relief for the recovery of statutory sick pay (SSP), as new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show that sickness absence costs small businesses on average £1,500 per year. The research found that long-term sickness absence does not affect the smallest of businesses frequently, but when it does it has a big impact and the costs can be high. The FSB's ‘Voice of Small Business' survey panel found that on average small businesses only experience 2.4 days...
News | 28 Oct 2011
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1,000 drivers caught on mobile phones in a fortnight
A recent two-week road safety campaign across Wales found 1,000 motorists using a mobile whilst driving. During the campaign, officers detected a total of 1,000 mobile phone driving offences. In the Dyfed Powys force area, 429 notices were given, while in North Wales a total of 168 offenders were caught. South Wales Police issued 274 fixed penalty notices ...
News | 26 Oct 2011
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Common Commencement Date: 1 October 2011
© Workplace Law Group 2011 All rights reserved Common Commencement Date: 1 October 2011 Common Commencement Date: 1 October 2011 1 October 2011 is a Common Commencement Date for legislation in the UK. Coming into force today: · Equal treatment for agency workers · Increases to National Minimum Wage · End of the DRA · ...
News analysis | 1 Oct 2011
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Marks & Spencer fined £1 million over asbestos exposure
... three of its contractors have been fined for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores in Reading and Bournemouth. The sentencing hearing resulted in Marks and Spencer plc being fined £1 million and being ordered to pay costs of £600,000. PA Realisations Ltd was fined £200, and Styles & Wood Limited was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £40,000. The fines and costs were all for breaches that took place at the Marks and Spencer plc store in Broad Street, Reading. Willm...
Case | 28 Sep 2011
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Satellite installation firm fined £1 over fall death
Satellite installation firm Foxtel Ltd has been prosecuted and fined £1 after a worker fell while carrying out work on a roof and died. The HSE has reminded employers of the need to assess employees’ competence in specific areas. Engineer Noel Corbin suffered fatal head injuries after falling 13.5 metres from a four-storey house on to a side patio in Belsize Park, ...
Case | 16 Aug 2011
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Autistic employee awarded £1.3m in disability discrimination case
An autistic senior member of staff at a law firm has settled a disability discrimination claim for £1.3m, understood to be one of the largest settlements reached for this form of discrimination. The case was settled under a confidential agreement but the employee’s solicitor from Bindmans says that the City firm has promised to implement internal training and policies educating staff on no...
Case | 1 Aug 2011
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1,000 Welsh employers accused of breaching minimum wage
A Welsh AM has accused over 1,000 Welsh employers of breaching minimum wage regulations since 2002 and argues that none have been prosecuted. According to information obtained by Plaid Cymru AM Leanne Wood, over 3,400 workers have been denied the minimum wage in Wales since 2002, adding up to an overall underpayment of £1,450...
News | 28 Jun 2011
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£1.3bn spent on expense claims during 2010
UK businesses lost more than £1.3bn through excessive and fraudulent expense claims during 2010, according to a report from expenses management firm GlobalExpense. Out of the £1.3bn loss, £324m was for fraudulent claims, and £999m was for claims outside company policy. On average 10% of claims were outside company policy...
News | 15 Mar 2011
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Paratrooper wins £1.7m compensation in rare case
A paratrooper who lost his left leg when trying to rescue a colleague from a minefield has been awarded £1.7m in compensation from the Ministry of Defence, including £600,000 for prosthetic limbs and £270,000 for his future care. Sergeant Stuart Pearson was awarded the compensation for his ‘pain, suffering and loss of amenity’ at the High Court. Mr Pearson made a negligence claim against...
Case | 20 Jan 2011
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Limits for Tiers 1 and 2 of Points Based system published
The required limits on skilled and highly skilled migrant workers admitted to the UK under Tiers 1 and 2 of the Points Based System in 2011/12 were published today by the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).These reductions are intended as the first step towards reducing net migration into the tens of thousands. The total number of out-of-country Tiers 1 and 2 visas issued next ...
News | 19 Nov 2010
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Spending cuts to cost 1.6 million jobs over next five years
Cuts in public spending announced in last month’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and the rise in the standard rate of VAT to 20% due in January 2011 will result in the loss of almost 1.6 million jobs across the UK economy by 2015-16, with the private sector hit harder than the public sector, according to estimates released today by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Dr John Philpott, Chief Economic Advise...
News | 2 Nov 2010
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Construction firm fined £1 following fall from height death
Two companies have been sentenced following the death of a construction worker in Accrington. One firm was fined £1 for the accident. The HSE prosecuted Howorth Scaffolding Services Ltd and Glenmill Group (Developments) Ltd after Peter Walton fell five metres from scaffolding on Altham Industrial Estate on 10 May 2006. The 55-year-old had been working on a project to build three new office blocks when he ...
Case | 26 Oct 2010
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Whistleblowing hospital boss gets £1.2m compensation
The former Chief Executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been awarded £1.2m in compensation after it was found he was unfairly dismissed as a whistleblower.In May an Employment Tribunal found that Mr Watkinson was unfairly dismissed. He was allegedly dismissed after he raised concerns to the hospital board about plans to transfer some cancer services to Devon and called...
Case | 3 Sep 2010
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1 in 3 workers asked to “friend” colleagues on Facebook
Over 1 in 3 (36%) UK employees who use Facebook have been sent a friendship request on the social networking site by a colleague, client or boss, according to The Protection Gap survey, conducted online and commissioned by Abbey Legal Protection (ALP).When asked which Facebook-related incidents they had e...
News | 16 Aug 2010
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£1 million unfair dismissal payout for care workers
Care workers based in homes across Essex have received compensation after a tribunal ruled they were unfairly dismissed from their jobs.The 115 members of staff were affected when care provider Excelcare - a social care firm that has been operating for 20 years - took over the running of ten care homes in the county.After it realised the running costs were higher than previously thought, it imposed pay cuts of up to 40 per cent on member...
Case | 26 Jul 2010
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The £1.8m profit carpark: worst hospital carparks named
Using information from 126 Freedom of Information requests, consumer group Which? has identified the best and worst NHS hospital car parks in England. Royal United Hospital Bath has been named the best NHS hospital car park in England for its large number of priority spaces, comprehensive variety of payment methods an...
News | 9 Jun 2010
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Graduate employers urged to scrap 2.1 minimum degree
A poll of more than 600 students and graduates by Milkround.com found 58% want graduate employers to scrap the 2.1 minimum requirement for jobs where it is used. They argue that recruiters can’t judge job suitability solely on degree classification. Many graduate employers use a 2.1 degree as a benchmark for their recruitment: unless candidates have or are expecting a 2.1 degree they won’t even ...
News | 30 Apr 2010
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City trader wins right to £1.4m bonus
A City trader has won a Court of Appeal fight for the £1.4m bonus he says he was originally promised, it has been reported. Derivatives trader, Saleem Khatri, worked for the London branch of Dutch bank Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank from 1998 until January last year when he was made redundant. Mr Khatri signed a contract in 2008...
Case | 26 Apr 2010
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1,000 drivers caught on mobile phones in a fortnight
...lking, regardless of whether they are talking to a passenger or singing along to the radio/CD player? As it stands, on the rare occasion the police see someone holding a phone, they have the opportunity to pull them over. I say rare, as on my 36 mile round journey to work every day, I see at least 1 or 2 people on the phone while driving, and I am concentrating on the road not trying to spot someone illegally using the phone. Only last night I watched someone in the lane next to me, in a traffic jam, apparently texting and run in to the back of the car in front of them. We were travelling at ...
Comment | 27 Oct 2011
