The owner of a takeaway store in Manchester has been ordered to pay £10,000 following a health and safety breach. An officer from Manchester City Council discovered a wire cable had been conn ...

Bosses need to know workplaces often thrive when they are made up of a diverse range of age groups, one expert has suggested. Rachel Krys, campaign director for the Employers Forum on Age, sa ...

A Somerset construction firm has been fined £10,000 following a health and safety breach. John Wainwright and Company was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker ha ...

An automotive company has been fined £30,000 after an employee was injured by a manufacturing robot in a health and safety breach. Dura Automotive Body and Glass Systems UK was also ordered t ...

Employment law legislation means staff can request to work flexible hours and doing so may increase the quality of life of employees if they are able to work from home, one expert has suggested. < ...

A construction firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for failing to protect its workers against falls from height. Staff from the HSE visited a site where Gee Cons ...

A frozen food firm based in Lincolnshire has been £10,000 following a health and safety breach after a worker lost one of his fingers. The employee had tried to straighten some boxes on ...

A Telford-based firm has been fined £10,000 for a health and safety breach after one of its employees lost three fingers. The worker – who does not want to be named – got her h ...

A Teesside company has been fined £4,000 following a health and safety breach that saw a scaffold rig collapse in a public street. An inspection by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ...

There is still a long way to go before the gender pay gap is closed. That is the view of a spokeswoman from the Trades Union Congress, who said although girls have outperformed boys at school ...

Tyre manufacturer Pirelli has been fined £9,000 for a health and safety breach after an employee was hit by a forklift truck. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted the firm fo ...

A Newcastle-under-Lyme company has been fined £10,000 following a health and safety breach. An employee - who does not want to be named - at Building Adhesives Ltd – had to have par ...

A steeplejack firm based in Grantham has been fined £6,600 after one of its workers suffered serious injuries in a health and safety breach. The staff member – employed by The Cedar ...

A scaffolding firm has been fined £3,500 after a roofer was seriously injured when he fell almost six metres as a result of a platform collapsing. An investigation by the Health and Safe ...

Employment law proposals to make salaries more transparent will be welcomed by professional women, one expert has suggested. Spokesperson for City Women's Network and managing director of Sap ...

Landlords need more protection over the risk of rental arrears, one expert has suggested. Spokesman for Let Insurance Services Malcolm Harrison said proprietors should have legal expenses cov ...

Bullying in the workplace can have repercussions on mental health, one expert has suggested. Policy campaigns manager at Mind Emma Mamo said anyone who is a victim should not suffer in silenc ...

Bosses who employ staff to carry out work at height need to ensure they have adequate health and safety procedures in place, one expert has suggested. That is the view of Ian Bentley, a const ...

The learning disabled are finding it increasingly difficult to find work because the discrimination against their disability precedes them, one expert has suggested. Rosa Monckton – who ...

Businesses may be interested to hear the comments of one expert who thinks the coalition government will continue with the CRC Energy Efficient scheme. General manager for the Carbon Trust Ha ...