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Licence to… protect your workplace?
...an that licences must be held by anyone supplying labourers to work in agriculture or food processing and packaging. Gangmasters will be charged between £250 and £4,000 per licence, depending on their business turnover. Any who operate without a valid licence after they become mandatory will face fines of up to £5,000 or up to ten years in prison. 6867 The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 come into force on 1 October. They will: · ban age discrimination in terms of recruitment, promotion, training and provision of benefits; · ban all retirement ages below 65 -- except where objecti...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...phic retailer, has paid compensation to a disabled man who couldn't get into a Bournemouth shop because of steps at the entrance.Gorse had to sit in the street and shout for attention and was eventually directed to the store at Castlepoint Shopping Park. 11175 Wear Valley District Council has been fined £18,000 at Darlington Magistrates Court after admitting to six offences under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002. The investigation followed a complaint in January 2006 by a maintenance worker, who discovered that the plant room of the council-run leisure centre where he had worked ...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...ts obligations under the UN Aarhus Convention. Bert Massie, chairman of the Disability Rights Commission, welcomed the Bill: `Many people with mental health impairments had to experience embarrassment, ignominy and stress when bringing cases under the DDA. In many circumstances they were legally defined as not being covered by the law and denied their rights because their condition was not clinically recognised. The change announced today, which I warmly welcome, will finally end this perverse injustice and ensure that people with mental health problems are granted the same protection under law a...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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Internships – Are you breaking the law?
...n rules' have been dropped by the Government as part of a drive to cut down on red tape, but does that expose employees to harassment? asks Smair Soor. groups, but will new positive action legislation change all that? asks Laura Allner. 24 Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, is fined £385,000 to be paid over ten years. EAT: Redundancy selection: A recent case demonstrates the importance of striking a balance to avoid sex discrimination. 08 CASE LAW Water firm to pay £345,000 after eight-year legal dispute; and roofing firm `put town at risk from asbestos'. 16 LEGAL UPDATE ...
Magazine issue | 3 May 2011
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The world in your hands?
...entencing Advisory Panel, if these guidelines do come into force it could mean companies facing fines running into millions, rather than thousands, of pounds. Currently, if an organisation is found to have breached health and safety law and killed someone, the normal ball park for a fine is between £100,000 and £250,000. The guideline proposals are likely to increase the magnitude of a fine in similar circumstances by a factor of ten if the company is instead charged with Corporate Manslaughter. The consultation guidelines state that, for the offence of Corporate Manslaughter, the appropriate fine wi...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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It’s a WRAP
...putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores. Marks and Spencer plc was fined £1m and ordered to pay costs of £600,000. PA Realisations Ltd was fined £200, Styles & Wood Limited was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £40,000, and Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd was fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of £75,000. See p.38 for full case analysis. 36205 Firm fined almost £200,000 for "reckless" waste offences A large retail business has been ordered to pay almost £200,000 in fi...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011
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The sex issue
...ces must be held by anyone supplying labourers to work in agriculture or food processing and packaging. Gangmasters will be charged between £250 and £4,000 per licence, depending on their business turnover. Any that operate without a valid licence after they become mandatory will be punished with fines of up to £5,000 or up to ten years in prison. 6867 5133 workplacelaw WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL MEAN? Go to ... www.workplacelaw.net enter the four-digit code in the search box and link direct to the latest information 6 letters Your views this month... In March one of Workplace Law Network's mem...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2006
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Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?
...that it was not unreasonable for a company to be fined up to 25 per cent of its annual net profits where an employee died in a concrete crushing machine accident. A carpet manufacturer that failed to notice that the internal walls of its building were made up of 90 per cent brown asbestos was fined £100,000, about 10 per cent of its annual profit. Commenting on this case in 1999, the Court of Appeal confirmed the stance from Howe: 'Any penalty imposed must be high enough to make a difference to the company and to make all concerned sit up and take notice.' The sentencing in the case of the Hatifield ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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Business as usual? London bomb blasts
...that it was not unreasonable for a company to be fined up to 25 per cent of its annual net profits where an employee died in a concrete crushing machine accident. A carpet manufacturer that failed to notice that the internal walls of its building were made up of 90 per cent brown asbestos was fined £100,000, about 10 per cent of its annual profit. Commenting on this case in 1999, the Court of Appeal confirmed the stance from Howe: 'Any penalty imposed must be high enough to make a difference to the company and to make all concerned sit up and take notice.' The sentencing in the case of the Hatifield ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
