HR & Employment

Woke Politics & Grievance Culture May End Office Jobs Forever

Lots of people like the flexibility and the freedom that WFH brings. Freedom from office gossip, set lunch hours and break times, company uniforms, noisy phone calls at the next desk, or aircon systems that […]

Global insurance trends

US Workplace Accidents & Litigation: New Report Published

Seyfarth has released its 18th annual edition of the Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, which is recognized as the nation’s most comprehensive guide to workplace-related complex litigation. In its largest edition ever, Seyfarth analyzed a record […]

Insurance claims

HSE Report 2020/21: 32% Increase In Fatal Workplace Accidents

The HSE has published its annual report for 2020/21, looking at workplace illness, injury and fatal accidents. Most self diagnosed sickness and stress related absences were in the public sector. The top employment sectors for […]

News

Company Ignored 10 Enforcement Notices From HSE

The latest from the HSE press office, featuring another company that places employees at risk; A company based in Knowsley which manufactures perimeter protection products has been fined after repeated breaches of health and safety […]

HR & Employment

WFH Is A Challenge For Insurance Brands

Insurance brands have embraced working from home during the pandemic lockdowns. But sometmes dispersing staff to their homes and making them feel isolated from certain meetings, or unable to speak during Zoom calls could be […]

Insurance claims

Company Boss Sentenced Over Forklift Death

Latest court case reposrt from the HSE; The Managing Director of a scaffolding company has been fined after an employee died when he was struck from behind by a forklift truck. Leicester Magistrate’s Court heard […]

Insurance claims

HSE Issues Warning on Waste/Recycling Centre Risks

Britain’s safety regulator has today, 25 October, issued a safety notice on the use of wheeled loading shovels, widely used in the waste and recycling sector. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) notice follows nine fatal […]