Reaction to sentencing in the first-ever Corporate Manslaughter case
Kevin Bridges, Partner at Pinsent Masons, who acted on behalf of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd in the first-ever Corporate Manslaughter case, talks to Workplace Law about the verdict and the s... | audio | 18 Feb 2011 5:09PM
Information and Consultation Regulations
Rachel Farr, of Taylor Wessing, explains the law in this area and how employers are affected | audio | 26 Mar 2007 12:48PM
Gull-able to Health and Safety Myths
The launch of the HSE's new Myth Busting panel has a noble aim, of addressing the persistent and often unwarranted criticisms of the role of health and safety regulation in this country.
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Computer data: secure disposal
In the haste to upgrade and enhance IT systems, businesses and other organisations often neglect their duties regarding the secure disposal of computer equipment. From a security and risk perspecti... | briefing | 12 Sep 2007 9:55AM
Data destruction and disposal
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Fraudulent employees: deterrent, punishment and protection
Statistics have revealed that over £40m is lost every day to fraud in the UK and that 80% of that fraud involves an employee. Couple that with the fact that while many employers may feel that... | briefing | 12 Dec 2007 10:23AM
Data protection: your obligations
Before considering the impact the Data Protection Act 1998 has on specific areas which an employer is likely to encounter, consideration is given to its remit.
The Data Protection Act was in... | briefing | 9 Dec 2008 4:15PM
Desk space – the legal implications when renting it out
The spare desk in the corner of your office could be a useful source of revenue, especially in the current economic climate. People looking for such space range from start-up businesses to self-emp... | briefing | 31 Mar 2009 4:07PM
£140,000 penalty for five data breaches
Midlothian Council has been handed a penalty of £140,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for disclosing sensitive personal data relating to children and their carers to t... | case | 30 Jan 2012 10:15AM
Joint action taken over unencrypted memory stick
A care provider with offices in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man has taken action to improve its data protection practices following a joint ruling by the Information Commissioner’s Offic... | case | 19 Jan 2012 9:18AM
Call for jail option for data privacy breaches
Custodial sentences need to be available to the courts to stop the unlawful use of personal information, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has argued in an appearance before the Justice S... | case | 14 Sep 2011 2:26PM
Publican fined over failing to display no-smoking sign
A publican has been fined at Llandudno Magistrates court after Conwy County Borough Council’s Regulatory Services inspectors found that she was not displaying the appropriate no-smo... | case | 3 Aug 2011 4:47PM
Contract services provider awarded damages in copyright violation case
Hudson Contract, the UK’s largest contract services provider to the construction industry has won a legal battle against a firm that violated its intellectual property.
Bespoke... | case | 15 Jul 2011 9:12AM
Security breaches put employers on red alert
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Absence management
The average rate of absence in 2009 was 6.4 days per employee, a decline from 6.7 days in 2007 and a further step in a long-term downward trend, which is to be expected in a cold... | Factsheet | 21 Jan 2008 2:13PM
Business continuity and crisis management
19% of financial institutions with business continuity plans have tested them in the last five years.43% of companies experiencing disasters never recover.73% of manage... | Factsheet | 14 Sep 2007 3:47PM
Freedom of information
Individuals or organisations have the right to request information from any Public Authority, for any reason.Requests must generally be responded to within 20 working days.Public Authorities coul... | Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 8:54AM
Data protection
Over 50 nations have personal data protection laws that regulate the handling of consumer information by businesses.The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK re... | Factsheet | 28 Jan 2008 10:35AM
Corporate social responsibility
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Guide to Business Continuity 2007
The Guide to Business Continuity 2007 is a downloadable publication from Workplace Law Publishing. Written by leading authority on the subject, Peter Power, this essential guide provides a fra... | Guide | 29 Nov 2006 4:00PM
Directors' responsibilities for health and safety
We could talk until we're blue in the face about corporate killing, and indeed many hahev since Labour first promised to address the issue in its 1997 manifesto.
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Who's looking at you?
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Business as usual? London bomb blasts
For employers, therefore, 7 July was a lesson in dealing with people in an emergency. Employers have had it continuously fed into them that in an emergency they evacuate everyone safely from the bu... | Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005 2:46PM
Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
At 6.03am on 11 December 2005, journalist Colin Campbell was live on BBC News 24, outside the Foreign Office in Central London. A sound was heard in the background, and he faltered. “I actual... | Magazine issue | 5 May 2009 12:39PM
2009: new beginnings
2008 was a year of surprisingly few major changes to workplace legislation. Aside from the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, Energy Performance Certificates, the extension of the S... | Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008 11:17AM
Countdown to the UK's biggest Compliance event for FM
There are now just seven weeks to go until the UK's biggest compliance event for facilities managers – Workplace Law's 12th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner &... | network news | 15 Feb 2011 4:54PM
11th Annual Conference and Dinner sustains varied programme
The 11th annual Workplace Law Conference and Dinner was held on 2-3 February 2010, at the Radisson SAS, London Stansted. Over 65 delegates attended over the two days, choosing from 21 conferenc... | network news | 8 Feb 2010 4:32PM
NEW Workplace Law Handbooks 2010 launched!
The Workplace Law Handbooks 2010 have today been officially launched! The Premises, Health and Safety Handbook and Employment Law and Human Resources Handbook go on sale today in the Workplace ... | network news | 2 Nov 2009 3:00PM
Workplace Law Facilities Management Legal Update 2009
The 2009 Workplace Law Facilities Management Legal Update Conference, which took place last week in central London, attracted over 40 delegates from both the public and private sectors. &n... | network news | 26 May 2009 2:48PM
New Workplace Law Bookshop launched
Workplace Law Publishing has launched a new online bookshop, designed to bring all of our publications together in one place and make them even more accessible than before.Presenting an extensive r... | network news | 7 Aug 2008 2:15PM
Cable presents Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
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Business buddy work experience for HMRC staff
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CBI chief: Govt must deliver ruthless growth policies
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Views asked for new code on pension charges
A new Code of Conduct on the charges made on workplace pensions is being developed to help employers choose the best pension for their staff.
The working group that is launching the consultation i... | news | 17 May 2012 8:43AM
Launch of the National Cyberstalking Centre
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Common Commencement Date: April changes to employment law
A number of important changes to employment law will be taking place from April 2012, of relevance to all employers. In this News Analysis, Elizabeth Stevens from Steeles Law outlines the changes. | news analysis | 3 Apr 2012 10:45AM
Budget 2012: taxing times
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London riots: FAQs
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Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Im sorry, but I do not not agree that in the example of the cleaner slipping on a polished floor, he should have had compensation.
Did the cleaner not see that the floor was polished? Could he ... | comment | 19 May 2012 11:17AM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Ernie
The common sense approach in the example I have given would have been to paint the floor in non-slip paint in the first place, instead of gambling with safety by cutting costs.
Anothe... | comment | 18 May 2012 8:59AM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Craig your example illustrates precisely, maybe inadvertently, the main problem with recent “improvements” in HSE legislation at work. The compensation culture and ambulance chasing lawyers have cr... | comment | 17 May 2012 8:49AM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Steve
I are wth your thoughts on:
"Thorough training, including the pitfalls of cutting corners, the potential consequences of minor mistakes, and then some serious monitoring of how pe... | comment | 16 May 2012 9:19AM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Craig,
No, I'm not saying basic training would have saved anybody - although I'd say any employer that provides only basic training is being negligent. Thorough training, including the p... | comment | 16 May 2012 8:09AM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Stuart,
No, I'm not saying basic training would have saved anybody - although I'd say any employer that provides only basic training is being negligent. Thorough training, including the ... | comment | 15 May 2012 2:01PM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Steve and Andrew
Are you both saying that basic training could have saved the 170 people who went to work one morning and didn't come home to their families last year?
Negligent employer... | comment | 15 May 2012 9:24AM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Regarding PAT Inspections - When I visit a site,I am pretty sure that 94% of appliances due an inspection, will be safe. 4% will need remedial action and 2% will fail. Within that 2% maybe 1 , 2 o... | comment | 11 May 2012 3:10PM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
The HSE has not created the culture that exists today, that has been done by people who (not H&S Professionals) do not understand the laws, have little or no training are risk averse to the ext... | comment | 9 May 2012 8:33PM
Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
"We have a simple and straightforward choice. If we want people to have jobs, we have to recognise how competitive the worlds sweat shops are. And that means we have to rip health and safety o... | comment | 9 May 2012 8:27PM