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Government outlines plans to cut business energy bills
New support for households, businesses and public sector organisations facing rising energy bills in Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been unveiled by Business Secretary...
Published 28 Sept 2022
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ICO could impose multi-million pound fine on TikTok for failing to protect children’s privacy
TikTok could face a £27m fine after an ICO investigation found that the company may have breached UK data protection law, failing to protect children’s...
Published 28 Sept 2022
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Two in five black employees experience pay gap
Ahead of Black History Month, a Glassdoor survey has found black employees are being impacted by the ethnicity pay gap, and their workplace experience is...
Published 28 Sept 2022
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HSE launches campaign to combat aches, pains and strains in construction
Lifting and moving heavy objects on construction sites is harming the health of thousands of brickies and builders to such a degree that every aspect...
Published 28 Sept 2022
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Living Wage increases by 10% to reflect cost of living crisis
Almost 400,000 people working for over 11,000 real Living Wage Employers across the UK have received a cost-of-living pay boost, as the new Living Wage...
Published 28 Sept 2022
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ICO publishes guidance on privacy enhancing technologies
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published draft guidance on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to help organisations unlock the potential of data by putting a data-protection-by-design...
Published 22 Sept 2022
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Halfords fined for sending nearly 500,000 unwanted marketing emails
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Halfords Limited £30,000 for sending 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails to people without their consent....
Published 22 Sept 2022
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UK companies in four-day week pilot reach halfway point
At the halfway point of a groundbreaking six-month trial of a four-day week pilot programme in the UK, data points and qualitative feedback reveals a...
Published 22 Sept 2022
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Equality watchdog addresses discrimination in use of artificial intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence by public bodies is to be monitored by Britain’s equality regulator, the EHRC, to ensure technologies are not discriminating against...
Published 21 Sept 2022
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68% of workers do not feel safe in their workplace
Nearly a quarter of remote workers would quit before returning to a risky worksite....
Published 19 Jan 2021
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Anxiety is on the increase, but mental health support is lacking
Sixty-eight percent of employees have felt anxious and apprehensive about returning to work, while 35% report their mental health is worse now compared to before...
Published 23 Sept 2020
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Workplace first aid kits: what should be in them?
The contents of your workplace first aid kit should be guided by your first aid needs assessment. This should take into account the level of...
Published 16 Jan 2019
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Walking from bed to desk is commuting, German court rules
A German worker who had an accident while walking from his bed to his computer when he was working from home was officially commuting, a...
Published 2 Mar 2022
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Asbestos in schools: an inspector calls
The HSE will be carrying out a programme of inspections of primary and secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales from October 2023 onwards to...
Published 25 Sept 2023
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‘Ethical veganism’ now a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010
A judge in a UK Employment Tribunal has ruled that being vegan, for ethical reasons, amounts to a ‘philosophical belief’ and is therefore protected by...
Published 8 Jan 2020
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