The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 requires employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of its employees.
This duty extends to health and safety matters such as the maintenance of plant; systems of work; the arrangements for the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances; information and training; and access routes.
Employers have been urged to be cautious and to remember their legal duty to keep employees safe at work as...
Just half (52%) of employers are providing safety training for ‘hybrid’ workers who are now splitting their work between home and physical workplace.
New guidance has outlined the infection control measures that should remain in place in health and care settings util at least March.
Care home operators have criticised the government’s decision to remove the legal requirement on people with Covid-19 to self-isolate.
Employment tribunal claims citing health and safety concerns were up three-fold last year, with a law firm warning about a...
A pet food retailer unfairly dismissed an employee after she raised concerns about health and safety and blew the whistle...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Tarmac Cement and Lime cannot be held vicariously liable for a practical joke one of its employees played on a contractor.
From April, employers will be obliged to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to workers, as well as employees, who may...
Judgment finds ‘no cogent explanation‘ as to why a ‘fine necklace with a small pendant of religious devotional significance‘ was not permitted.
Workers in key industries will be offered daily lateral flow tests as infections grow.
An employee who had her wages withheld after she refused to go to work because she feared catching Covid-19 has...
Independent review finds that problems at the beer company had largely been caused by its rapid growth and lack of leadership experience.
People infected with Covid in England can now come out of self-isolation after seven rather than 10 days according to...
Employees in Wales who go into work when they could work from home will receive a £60 fine, while their...
A new health and wellbeing index is helping the rail industry to better understand and manage the often-complex health and...
