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Future changes in employment law »
The Queen's Speech on 9 May confirmed the intention to go ahead with some previously proposed changesto employment laws the main areas relating to: Employment tribunals - a new Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR)...[more]
Corporate manslaughter - largest H & S fine in Northern Ireland »
The first company in Northern Ireland to be convicted under Corporate Manslaughter legislation - JMWFarms Limited (County Armagh) - was fined £187,500 plus £13,000 costs for health and safety failings thatled to the death of an...[more]
Statements of fitness for work »
Research by the EEF and Westfield Health found that 30% of respondents said that the fit note had helped them, but 11% thought it worse than the previous system and 58% did not think it had made any difference either way. The EEF...[more]
New guidance from HMRC on Employment Status »
HMRC has published new guidance that sets out a series of 12 tests that it applies when considering contractor status and the points awarded according to the outcomes. The more points, the less chance there is that IR35 applies...[more]
Firms urged to pull the plug on £30m of wasted electrical safety tests »
Unnecessary electrical safety tests cost office-based businesses an estimated £30 million a year. It's a myth that every portable electrical appliance in the workplace needs to be tested once a year - and what's more it's a...[more]
Healthcare provider fined after worker injury »
A private healthcare provider managing a hospital in Ipswich has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered a fractured kneecap. Mrs Shelagh Allen, from Mendlesham, Suffolk, was working in the clinic room of a...[more]
Receptionist's roof fall puts dental firm in court »
The operator of a Sheffield dental practice has been fined for safety failings after a receptionist fell more than three metres through a roof light while spending her lunch break on the flat roof of the surgery. The woman, then...[more]