Company managers have been cautioned about health and safety after a labourer was left brain-damaged following a fall.
Alan Hind was working on a building site demolishing a structure in Cumbria when he fell six metres and landed on a concrete floor, leaving him with 16 skull fractures, an injured kidney and partially blind and deaf.
He [...]

Company managers have been cautioned about health and safety after a labourer was left brain-damaged following a fall.
Alan Hind was working on a building site demolishing a structure in Cumbria when he fell six metres and landed on a concrete floor, leaving him with 16 skull fractures, an injured kidney and partially blind and deaf.
He [...]

HCML’s Early Injury Management service and Costco’s approach to workplace rehabilitation has received official recognition for being on course to deliver savings of 40% in injury and absence related costs, and achieving a 100% return to work rate for those who undergo a rehab programme.
The success of the service was announced at the 2010 [...]

The TUC has expressed concern at the remit of the Government’s review of health and safety legislation announced Monday 14th June.
The review will ‘investigate concerns over the application and perception of health and safety legislation, together with the rise of the compensation culture over the last decade’.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: ‘This will not [...]

Dress code and appearance is always an emotive subject. Employers must also ensure that they don’t fall foul of anti-discrimination legislation, which makes direct and indirect discrimination unlawful.
Let’s take sex discrimination. Direct discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably on the ground of his or her gender than a person of [...]

The amount employers have had to pay out for discrimination has almost doubled in two years. In 2007, the total paid was just over £4 million. In 2009 it was almost £8 million, finds Equal Opportunities Review in its most recent annual compensation survey.
The average award across all jurisdictions increased to £20,910. This is due [...]

Lincoln College has been fined £1,500 after a window cleaner working at the campus fell from a roof.
James Theaker, a 50-year-old from the city, suffered broken ribs and a serious back injury in the accident, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed.
As a result of his fall, Mr Theaker was forced to take months off [...]

A Shropshire-based confectionery company has been fined £75,000 after a worker was hit by a one tonne force from a factory machine.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) successfully prosecuted Magna Specialist Confectioners under regulations for a use of work equipment.
On February 22nd 2007, an employee at its factory on Stafford Park Nine in Telford was [...]

Stress related claims are becoming more common and ‘stress’ is often given as a reason for absence from work. Workplace stress can result from many things, the two most common are workplace disputes and overwork.
Lucinda Bromfield of Bevans Solicitors, provides key insights into how to reduce and tackle stress in the workplace; offering a flavour [...]

A new 360 degree study of UK businesses and their employees suggests that the majority of UK employees (78%) would be prepared to jeopardise their long term health by returning to work from sickness absence before they’re 100% fit. By contrast, just 22% said they would never be prepared to sacrifice their health in [...]