H&S NEWS | Boat manufacturer fined
A boat manufacturer has been fined after an employee suffered chemical burns while using a solvent to clean a boat. The worker was using a
HR GUIDE | Managing paternity leave at your organisation
An employee has announced that his wife is having a baby. He has only been working for the organisation for a couple of months. Is
Phased return to work after sickness
After a long period of illness or injury, medical advice may recommend a phased return to work. The aim of a phased return to work
H&S NEWS | Packaging firm fined £50k
A packaging company has been fined after a worker lost three fingers in a cutting machine. The employee was cleaning the hot blade of a
HR GUIDE | What to do when an employee walks out
What do employers do if an employee gives you their letter of resignation and doesn’t come into work the next day? From an employer’s perspective,
HR NEWS | Sleep-in shifts and the National Minimum Wage
Whether time spent by a worker sleeping on shift counts as working time for the purposes of calculating whether they have been paid at least
LEADERSHIP | What employers can learn from Gareth Southgate
We may have lost our semi final encounter to Croatia, but there are many positives that have come out of this World Cup. Where previous
HR GUIDE | Dealing with moaners in your workplace
If you were asked to identify the moaner in your workplace, you could probably point the finger quite quickly. Every organisation has at least one
HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS | The costs of ignoring past incidents
A fencing manufacturer has been fined after a worker suffered serious injury. The employee had been manually packing fencing panels into shipping containers when some
EMPLOYER FAQs | Subject Access Requests
The rules on subject access requests changed under the GDPR. The right of access, commonly known as subject access, allows employees to make a request
EMPLOYER’S GUIDE | Health and Disability in recruitment
The Equality Act is very strict on what health or disability questions employers can ask during the recruitment process. As a general principle, it is
HR NEWS | Underpaying National Minimum Wage Fines
Almost 240 employers have been named and shamed by the government for underpaying the National Living and Minimum Wage. Employers have underpaid 22,400 workers by
