Trampoline park bosses face jail after 11 people left with broken backs
Two former bosses of a UK-based trampoline park are facing jail after 11 people broke their backs on a piece of equipment at the attraction. According to reports, three people fractured their spine on the same day while jumping off a 13ft tower at Flip Out Chester in 2017 – and people were being…
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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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National Fertility Awareness Week: Know your IVF rights at work
National Fertility Awareness Week is here to raise awareness of the issues millions of people across the UK face every day. According to figures around one in seven couples, (approximately 3.5 million people) have difficulty conceiving. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises infertility as a disease of the reproductive system so it should be…
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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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Luxury hotel operator to pay £195,000 after employee suffers life-changing injuries at work
A luxury hotel operator has been ordered to pay £195,000 in damages to a former employee after he was left with life-changing injuries at work. Barnsdale Hall Hotel, in Rutland pleaded guilty to a breach of health and safety law following the serious accident in May 2021. The accident occurred when Mr. Andrew Veasey…
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