A campaigner for women’s rights has welcomed an amendment to ban employers from using Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) to silence victims of workplace sexual harassment.
By Belinda Liversedge on 09 July 2025
A new single state enforcement agency for employment rights is due to start operating in April next year, the government has announced.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 July 2025
HSE has warned against complacency after its annual statistics released today show that while fatalities have fallen, there are still areas of concern.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 July 2025
The number of convictions for health and safety breaches has plummeted in the past four-year period, latest figures show.
By on 12 August 2019
The Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers (POA) has approved a court’s decision to order a prisoner who assaulted his officer to four years’ extra jail time.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 July 2019
An eight-year investigation into an explosion at a Pembrokeshire oil refinery that killed four workers has culminated at court in a £5m fine for Valero Energy.
By on 01 July 2019
Senior doctors have called for links between air pollution and lung cancer in outdoor workers to be made clearer, following new evidence of large numbers of non-smokers suffering from the disease.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 June 2019
NHS workers are overstretched and frustrated they do not have enough time with patients, as well as experiencing rising levels of bullying and harassment, an official report has said.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 June 2019
HSE has hiked up its Fee for Intervention (FFI) costs, meaning businesses that break health and safety laws will now be charged £154 per hour for inspectors to investigate failures.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 May 2019
A Surrey butcher has been sentenced to seven months in prison after a young worker lost his hand in a mincing machine.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 May 2019
Less than half of employees think their managers would notice if they had mental health symptoms, despite two in three managers saying they feel confident in promoting wellbeing, a survey from Mind has found.
By on 01 May 2019
An opportunity to keep shop workers safe from violent attack has been missed in a government bill seeking to curb knife crime, Usdaw has said.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 April 2019
The government is calling for evidence to help understand what more can be done to protect shop workers from violence and abuse.
By on 01 April 2019
