Insights

19th December 2024

Amey Community Limited, was fined £600,000 (plus £15,186.85 in costs) last week related to the death of an inmate at HMP Lincoln in 2017 from Legionnaires’ disease.

17th December 2024

During the House of Commons debate on the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report, Deputy Prime minister, Angela Rayner announced the Government intention to review the guidance to the building regulations (Approved Documents).

12th December 2024

Having been off work for the last week (hip surgery) and playing a little catch-up, I have only just got to the latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) bulletin (2nd December 2024).

28th November 2024

The IWFM Sustainability Report for 2024 was published this week, with two of the headline findings being…

22nd November 2024

This week has seen the publication of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries.

1st November 2024

A safety control measure listed in a risk assessment as ‘supervision’ is something that I often see. Firstly, ‘supervision’ is dependent on human behaviour, so it is not a failsafe.

11th October 2024

The much-awaited Employment Rights Bill was published on Thursday 10^th October 2024. Was it what I was expecting after having read Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay?

8th October 2024

Following changes through the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act, a new legal duty is being placed upon employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers, including by third parties.