Guidance on Health and Safety Fines

Guidance on Health and Safety Fines Due to dissatisfaction with the lack of comprehensive guidance for sentencing of fatal health and safety offences and corporate manslaughter the Sentencing Council has drafted new guidance and opened consultation to review the guidelines for corporate manslaughter and other health and safety offences. The aim is to create a…

HSE Successful Asbestos Prosecution

HSE Successful Asbestos Prosecution   A businessman allowed the spread of asbestos in an industrial building by not employing licensed contractors to remove the potentially deadly material, a court has heard.   Peter Rees, the owner of a business unit in Eagle Farm Road on the Mochdre Business Park, was selling the building to another…

Shared Parental Leave

Shared Parental Leave Shared Parental Leave is a new right that will enable eligible mothers, fathers, partners and adopters to choose how to share their time off work after their child is born or placed into a family. An employee may be entitled to Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if:…

Dismissal Over Osama Selfie Unfair

Dismissal Over Osama Selfie Unfair   An employment tribunal has found that a dairy worker who was given the sack after he posted a selfie of himself wearing an Osama bin Laden facemask at work was unfairly dismissed by his employer.   Robert Mazur, who was employed as a lab technician at a dairy plant…

Obesity – A New Disability?

Obesity – A New Disability?   Employers are being urged to take note of a recent EU court ruling which established a precedent that in severe cases, obesity may constitute a disability. Whilst the decision by the EU court of justice in Luxemburg related to a Danish case, the ruling may affect employment rights in…

Employer Guidance on Adverse Weather

Employer Guidance on Adverse Weather  With the winter months fast approaching, ACAS have issued helpful guidance for employers to help them deal with workplace issues arising from adverse weather. Summarised below are some key points for employers to consider when giving thought to their adverse weather plans and contingencies.   Employees who are unable to…