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Unbearably cold office? Your legal duties explained
Winter is truly upon us and as temperatures drop, some employees are spending their days in uncomfortably cold workplaces. For employers, this is a vital issue that needs to be addressed. While heating can be costly, the price of not meeting your legal duties when it comes to workplace temperature could be higher.
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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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published draft guidance on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to help organisations unlock the potential of data by putting a data-protection-by-design...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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Brexit Freedoms Bill introduced - what will change?
The government has announced that all retained EU laws will be sunset on 31 December 2023, enabling the UK to tailor-make its regulations. In this...
Published 22 Sept 2022
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ACAS publishes new advice on staff suspensions at work
ACAS has published new advice on how to consider and handle staff suspensions at work. A suspension is when an employer tells an employee to...
Published 21 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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Firm fined £115,000 after worker’s hand was cut off in machine
A worker whose hand was cut off while he was repairing a factory machine has said his injuries are so bad he struggles to pick...
Published 21 Sept 2022
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Unions launch legal challenge against agency worker regulations
Eleven trade unions, coordinated by the TUC and represented by Thompsons Solicitors LLP, have begun legal proceedings to protect the right to strike. ...
Published 21 Sept 2022
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Meta fined €405m over handling of data
The owner of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp, Meta, has been fined €405m (£349m) by the Irish data watchdog, the DPC, for allowing teenagers to set...
Published 14 Sept 2022
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Younger workers reconsidering WFH to combat rising utility costs
Almost a quarter (23%) of under-35s who can work from home have said they would consider coming into the office more due to rising energy...
Published 14 Sept 2022
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Teacher sent to prison for contempt of court
A teacher who refused to use gender-neutral pronouns for a transgender student has been sent to Mountjoy prison for contempt of court. Enoch Burke was...
Published 14 Sept 2022
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The workplace Christmas party
There are many benefits to having an ‘in person’ work Christmas party. It is an ideal opportunity for colleagues to get together in a relaxed...
Published 8 Dec 2022
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Muslim banker sacked for calling his boss on Christmas Day was unfairly dismissed
A Muslim banker who lost his job after contacting his bosses on Christmas Day was unfairly dismissed, an Employment Tribunal has ruled. ...
Published 7 Apr 2021
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HSE produces risk assessment on working in cold temperatures
As winter takes hold, the HSE has produced some helpful advice on keeping people as comfortable as possible when working in the cold....
Published 1 Dec 2022
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Work at height: employee’s fall from driver’s cab results in £1m fine
A logistics company has been fined £1 million after an employee fell over ten metres and sustained serious injuries....
Published 13 Aug 2024
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The dangers of working at height: a manager’s guide
Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries. Common cases include falls from ladders and through fragile surfaces....
Published 11 Apr 2023
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It’s time to get tough on asbestos, says IOSH
Stronger measures on asbestos management are needed to save lives, according to the global body for health and safety professionals....
Published 8 Feb 2022
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