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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Consultation launched to create new flexible apprenticeships
Sectors including the creative, agriculture and construction industries will soon be able to offer more flexible apprenticeship opportunities. ...
Published 27 Apr 2021
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RISK
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TUPE: when a new direction leads to unfair dismissal
As this is likely to be a time of change, many companies take the opportunity to look again at working arrangements, terms and conditions and...
Published 27 Apr 2021
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Only 1% of buildings comply with vital fire safety measure
Despite their crucial fire safety role, huge numbers of fire and smoke dampers remain untested in thousands of buildings across the UK. ...
Published 27 Apr 2021
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Bouncing back: new guidance on returning to the workplace
With the easing of lockdown restrictions and colleagues considering their return to the workplace, businesses must adapt their premises to recover quickly. ...
Published 21 Apr 2021
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RISK
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Accident reporting – employees too afraid they’ll lose their job
Employees are too worried about the security of their jobs to report suffering an injury in the workplace, according to research carried out by JMW...
Published 21 Apr 2021
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Exposed: hidden workplace furlough divide
The UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has had a severe impact on the workforce. ...
Published 21 Apr 2021
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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UK homeworkers back a ‘right to disconnect’
Two-thirds of homeworkers in the UK want to see a new ‘right to disconnect’ policy in the forthcoming Employment Bill. ...
Published 21 Apr 2021
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Employers must avoid false sense of flexible working
Employers must avoid measures that give the illusion of flexible working while still requiring staff to consistently put in long hours, a new report warns. ...
Published 21 Apr 2021
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Trust: the key to understanding the needs of a disabled workforce
Organisations wanting to gain an accurate picture of their disabled workforce need to be clear about the purpose of any data collecting activity. ...
Published 21 Apr 2021
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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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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RISK
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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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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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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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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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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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