A Building firm and its director have been fined after an employee sustained serious injuries in a fall from height. James Burt of JBB Homes of St Petersgate in Stockport pleaded guilty to br ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued advice on electric gates following the recent deaths of two children. Designers, manufacturers, installers and those who maintain the devices ...

A Doncaster-based housing developer has been fined £30,000 following a health and safety breach in which an employee was left paralysed from the chest down. Anton Burrows was crushed by ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted two Leeds-based company directors following a health and safety breach in which an employee had his fingers crushed. Inspectors from the b ...

Improving facilities for disabled people should be a priority for UK businesses in the lead-up to the 2012 Paralympic Games, the government has stated. With approximately one million disabled ...

Businesses need greater protection from criminal activity carried out by staff members. That is the view of chairman of the recruitment society Steve Huxham, who said the current economic cli ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a workman who claimed to be a registered gas engineer. Robert Fordham of Tring Road, Long Marston, Tring has been fined £8,000 for c ...

A farming partnership in Moray has been fined £13,500 following a health and safety breach in which a schoolboy died after falling through the roof of a farm building. Austin Irvine fel ...

Mobile phone manufacturers are putting extra effort into being environmentally responsible because of business reasons, one expert has suggested. Editor of CNET UK Flora Graham said operators ...

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed employees at a Scottish semi-conductor plant are not at an increased risk of developing cancer. The research look ...

More Brits are working past retirement age because they cannot afford to stop, one expert has suggested. Director of Churchouse Financial Planning Keith Churchouse said some people are not ab ...

An Exeter-based landlord has been fined £4,000 following a health and safety breach in which the lives of tenants were put at risk after a gas boiler was fitted illegally. Richard Ellio ...

A haulage firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after one of its personnel suffered brain damage. Nicholas Holmes was hit on the head by a 290 kg panel saw when he ...

Fines totalling £125,000 have been issued to two construction companies for their roles in an incident in which a worker was seriously injured.

Steven McColgan suffered life-changin ...

UK employment law changes may help address the issue of earnings inequality between genders, which one expert has described as "unacceptable". A spokesperson for the Women's Res ...

Health and safety standards in the offshore oil and gas industry still need to be significantly improved. That is the suggestion of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which noted 50 major ...

A health and safety breach that led to a worker losing a little finger and parts of other fingers has resulted in a fine for the company concerned. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) noted ...

There may be an increase of unfair dismissal cases because more employees are working unpaid overtime, one expert has indicated. Chief executive officer of Work Wise UK Phil Flaxton said pres ...

An onion packing company has been fined £6,000 following a health and safety breach in which an employee broke his shoulder when he fell from a ladder. Richard Webster fell three metres ...

The government needs to work with those in the energy sector in order to attract young people, one expert has suggested. Zoe Robinson, ethical business development manager at Warren Evans, sa ...