Morrisons offers redundancy to hourly-paid staff
Morrisons has reportedly approached more stores to offer hourly-paid staff redundancy. According to a local news outlet, staff at its Bradford-based Mayo Avenue store were asked to register their interest for voluntary redundancy if they wished to. Morrisons are said to have approached five stores across the country to offer a voluntary redundancy scheme…
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What is Military Deafness and how much can I claim?
Military deafness claims are usually made by armed forces personnel against The Ministry of Defence if they believe they have lost their hearing due to being exposed to high levels of noise in service. The MOD employs more than 150,000 personnel in the Army, Air Force, Navy and civilian roles – making it one…
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Company fined £60,000 after worker left with ‘life-changing’ injuries
A UK-based demolition company has been fined £60,000 after a worker was left with life-changing injuries. MAC Demolition Ltd had been contracted to carry out works on a Victorian property in North West London in March 2022. During this time, the company had employed 57-year-old Tommy Brooks to work on the site as a…
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Companies fined £420,000 as child left with fractured skull at luxury hotel
Three companies have been fined almost half a million pounds after a three-year-old child was left with a fractured skull following an accident at a luxury hotel. The preschooler was struck by a slate from a roof when she was leaving the Moonfleet Manor hotel in Weymouth, Dorset in 2019. The three-year-old, who had…
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What is Work-Related Stress and how to make a claim – Stress Awareness Day 2023
Stress Awareness Day is here to highlight how stress can affect your life in different ways and how you can get help. Stress can affect people differently, whether that be at home, work, physically, or psychologically. Read part one of this two-part series here. Every person will have different triggers of stress which means…
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Five ways to cope with stress every day – Stress Awareness Day 2023
Stress Awareness Day is here to recognise the impact stress can have on your physical and mental health, as well as highlighting ways to manage it at home and in the workplace. Stress can be triggered suddenly, by one big anxiety-inducing event in your life or by lots of smaller things that are making…
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Remote workers say pets benefit mental health
Roughly 91% of remote and hybrid workers believe that their pets have a positive effect on their physical and mental health. Survey results show that two-thirds of respondents (roughly 65%) would not consider accepting a job in future that didn’t offer the ability to work in some form of hybrid or remote environment. …
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Nearly half of young finance workers take time off for work-related stress
Almost half of young finance professionals have taken time off due to work-related stress, a new report has found. The study by AccountsIQ reports that almost four-in-ten younger finance professionals in the UK (39%) have taken time off work for stress, alongside 36% of their senior colleagues. According to the report, 82% of young…
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The CICA appeal process
An article was posted on the Solicitors Journal website on the 25th October, entitled ‘Crime victims received six times more injury compensation at appeal’. Within the article it explains how analysis shows that victims of crime face being under-compensated for their injuries if they do not make a challenge by appealing the CICA’s (Criminal…
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