News & Alerts
Real Time PAYE »
Under the new real time information (RTI) scheme, employers are required to report PAYE information to HMRC on or before the date they pay their employees (rather than at the end of the year). The aim is to ensure that employees...[more]
Key Employment Points from the Budget »
The following items are the key changes regarding employment. Personal Allowance for income tax: will increase to £10,000.00 from 6 April 2014, for those born after 05/04/48. National Insurance: from April 2014, all businesses...[more]
Employment Essentials – HR Policies/Procedures »
With the numerous changes which have taken place in employment legislation there are a number of essential policies/procedures which should be in place Health and Safety policy: if you have 5 or more employees, you...[more]
Workplace Transport – Managing the risks »
According to the HSE, around 50 people are killed and thousands suffer major injuries every year in incidents involving vehicles in the workplace. A significant number of these incidents occurs during collection and delivery...[more]
Urgent reviews of legionella treatment essential after HSE ban on elemental copper »
Thousands of property managers responsible for public buildings are being forced to carry out urgent reviews and source alternative water treatments following the recent Health & Safety Executive (HSE) ban on the use of...[more]
Survey results raise cardiac-arrest concerns »
More than half of British businesses do not have a defibrillator, despite the impact the device has on cardiac-arrest survival rates. This is according to the results of a survey commissioned by IOSH of 1000 business...[more]
Material breaches found in up to a third of inspections since FFI »
Between a quarter and a third of inspections carried out by the HSE since its cost-recovery scheme came into force in October last year found a material breach of health and safety law, resulting in a fee for intervention (FFI)...[more]