How safe are you at work? Man assaults shop worker and police officer
Questions have been raised about how safe you really are at work, after a man assaulted a local shop worker and an on-duty police officer earlier this month. Adam Bennett of Adelaide Court in Bedworth was sentenced to two weeks imprisonment and ordered to pay a victims’ surcharge of £154 this month after assaulting…
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Company fined £30,000 after two workers fell from crane
A company has been fined more than £30,000 after two employees fell from height during the assembly of a crane. One man fell four feet and suffered serious injuries including fractures to his ribs and eye socket while working for Osprey Heavy Lift Limited in 2019. An investigation by the Health and…
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King’s Speech: List of 21 laws outlined in King Charles’s first speech
King Charles has outlined 21 Bills that ministers intend to pass into law in the next session of Parliament. In his first speech as monarch, King Charles outlined the government’s priorities for the year ahead, which included passing laws to stop people smoking, boosting investment in transport and tougher sentences for serious offenders. Around…
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British Steel plans to close blast furnaces, putting 2,000 jobs at risk
British Steel has confirmed plans to shut its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. According to plans, the furnaces will be replaced with two electric arc furnaces (EAF) in Scunthorpe and Teesside which can run on zero-carbon electricity. The company, which is owned by China’s Jingye Group said the…
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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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