A worker has been left with life-changing injuries after he fell while working at height. Gwyndaf Davies plunged three metres to the floor from the roof of a farm building, following a health ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted Rafferty Chimneys Engineering after one of its employees was injured when he fell from scaffolding. Kevin Ford received a serious wound to ...

Demand for performance-related pay is growing among employees, one expert has suggested. Performance and reward advisor for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Charles Cotton ...

Small firms need financial support to stop them from going into the red when they make changes to reduce energy emissions, it has been suggested. A report from the Federation of Small Busines ...

Hiring staff on a part-time basis or through flexible working helps get individuals back into employment, one expert has indicated. Co-founder of Bikeworks Jim Blakemore noted such schemes ar ...

Farmers in Somerset have received health and safety advice at an awareness event in Cannington. Attendees had the chance to watch practical safety demonstrations, which included the six main ...

Ageism is still a huge problem for individuals over 50, one expert has suggested. Editor of Saga Magazine Emma Soames said the fact the default retirement age has been removed is a positive s ...

An Aberdeen-based quarry firm has been fined £96,000 after an employee was crushed to death. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted Leiths Scotland after Arthur Jamieson died when a ...

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme gives businesses the chance to buy carbon credits rather than reduce emissions, one expert has stated. A spokesman for the Centre for Alternative Technology s ...

Employers should no longer consider retirement as a resolution to poor performance, one expert has indicated. Principal fellow researcher at the Institute for Employment Studies Helen Barnes ...

A building firm and one of its directors have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after two clients were put at risk of serious illness or death. Rushi Construction, owne ...

People may find it difficult to fund their retirement, a study has suggested. According to a report from Scottish Widows, many individuals who have given up work struggle to cope with the cha ...

Workers without leadership skills are being appointed as managers due to a lack of foresight, one expert has suggested. Senior partner at the Impact Factory Tina Lamb said there are numerous ...

A national health and safety warning has been issued to employees who work in the catering industry. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) - which was established in 2000 to protect the public's he ...

A man has been fined £800 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after he fitted gas fires in domestic properties despite not being a member of recognised safety body Corgi. Those who work ...

A sheet metal firm and its director have been fined £10,000 following a health and safety breach in which staff were exposed to high levels ...

Two construction firms have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety legislation. Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering and Multibuild were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE ...

Parents should warn their children of the dangers of playing on building sites over the school holidays. That is the message from Philip White, chief inspector of construction at the Health a ...

Bosses need to ensure a work-life balance is available for employees, one expert has indicated. Head of public affairs at the Chartered Management Institution Mike Petrook said non-fiscal ben ...

A Cornish-based distribution firm has been fined £200,000 following the death of a man after a health and safety breach. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also ordered Gregory Distributio ...