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Read our latest blogs covering topics from Employment Law, HR services, Health & Safety and other related areas.
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Furloughing staff. What, when, how?
With the Government announcing a plan to help employers retain staff, many questions remain unanswered around the process and implications of furloughing staff
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What do you pay when an employee is off sick during their notice period..?
When an employee is off sick during their notice period they remain entitled to full notice pay for the statutory notice period. Only in certain circumstances is it possible to pay only statutory sick pay for any such absence…
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Blurring of work and home life: are there ‘winners’ and ‘losers’?
New technology is often hailed as the UK’s economic saviour. But have we appreciated AI’s potential for radically altering workplace relationships and impacting our mental health?
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Gender-neutral ads to encourage female STEM apprentices
The government is to consider using “gender-neutral language” in apprenticeship standards to ensure women are not deterred from training for a career in traditionally male-dominated occupations.
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Farmer fined after worker suffers fatal fall
A farmer has been fined following a worker’s fatal fall through the fragile roof of a milking shed on the farm.
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Waste plant fined £500k over fatal wheeled loader crush
A Northumberland-based waste and recycling company has been fined £500,000 after a site labourer was struck and killed by a wheeled front-loading shovel.
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Energy giant fined £230,000 for unfairly dismissing employee that ‘HR didn’t know how to deal with’
All businesses, however large or small, should be implementing robust and fair disciplinary & grievance processes in order that issues and conflicts arising in the workplace can reach an early resolution.
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Reliance on agency workers increases as confidence in economy drops
UK employers are increasingly likely to hire agency workers amid continuing falls in confidence in the economy, according to the research published today.
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Unguarded machine trapped worker’s hand
A West Sussex concrete wall blocks company was sentenced after a worker’s hand was crushed in an unguarded machine.
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