Posts Tagged ‘Injury’


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 [...]

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

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 [...]

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

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 [...]

Friday, July 2nd, 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 [...]

Monday, June 14th, 2010

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 [...]

Monday, June 7th, 2010

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 [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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 [...]

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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 [...]

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

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 [...]

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

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 [...]

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

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The departure of significant numbers of migrant workers would leave Britain with a deep skills gap, according to a member of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
A spokesman for the organisation claimed the arrival of immigrants is often an indicator of a strong economy and expressed concern over home secretary Theresa May's plans to introduce a [...]

In the build up to September’s Stress Prevention and Mental Wellbeing event and October’s Employee Wellbeing Forum, Helen Lockett, Director of Programmes, Centre for Mental Health, discusses the impact of mental ill health in the workplace.
At any one time, one worker in six will be experiencing a mental health condition, such as depression or anxiety. [...]

As part of the build up to September’s Employer Branding Summit, HRreview features a piece by Tim Bleszynski & Ebenezer Banful of New Brand Tribalism which – among other topics – considers how a brand can be a powerful tool in employee engagement and loyalty.
“Every business has a soul, a spirit, energy of its own [...]

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