Workplace Temperature – What is the Legal requirement?
Workplace Temperature – What is the legal requirement?
Wellbeing
Low levels of wellbeing can cost business time and money. If you need any wellbeing documentation or want to discuss how we can support your business with a bespoke wellbeing program, please don’t hesitate to contact us for free initial advice.
Vicarious Liability – How to avoid it
Vicarious Liability – How to avoid it? The dictionary definition of vicarious is “taking the place of another as a substitute” and the application in safety law is similar with a company potentially liable for what is done (or not done) on its behalf by its employees.
Health and Safety Fines – (what is the trend and how to buck it?)
Health and Safety Fines increased by 80%
Safety Signs and Signals
Who Should Read This? You! If you are an employer, or have responsibility for a work site or premises. What are the Main Legal Requirements? Signs should be used if, after a risk assessment and sensible controls have been carried out and implemented a significant risk remains, which can be reduced by having them. You […]
A Summary of The Sentencing Guidelines
The Sentencing Guidelines have changed, increasing fines and other punishments for more serious safety breaches.
Frequently asked questions on CDM 2015
It’s been exactly three years and three months to the day since the CDM Regulations 2015 came into force and since then, the UK has seen some considerable changes, including the change from a coalition to a Conservative majority and then more recently back to a partnership agreement with the D.U.P. As a country, we have seen net growth in population of just under 380,000 and economically we have grown, (but more slowly) in the last two years than previously and the construction industry represents just over 6% of the GDP.