Director jailed for health and safety breach..Doing time. In 2014 Paul Williamson died whilst working for Thorn Warehousing Ltd when he was crushed by a mobile platform. The HSE’s investigation found
that: (1) he had not been adequately trained in the use of equipment; (2) no risk assessment had been carried out; and (3) no safe system of work had...
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A police force has been ordered to pay compensation totalling £27,000 to a police officer because it made a fatal employment law error. What did it do and how can you avoid following in its
footsteps?
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HMRC says that personal credit card charges aren’t tax deductible. So if you use your card to make purchases for your business, and incur interest, does it mean your company can’t reimburse you
without landing you with a tax bill?
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined one small company £40,000 after it sent marketing communications to potential customers via text message. Why were its actions unacceptable?
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A delivery has arrived but one of your staff tells you there’s nowhere to put it. Could it be that you’re holding too much stock? If so you might be harming cash flow and even increasing your costs.
What steps can you take to remedy this?
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One of your employees has always been a bit mouthy but they’ve now gone a step further and point-blank refuse to obey a management instruction. How should you deal with the situation?
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Fit for Work’s new webinars..More information. Fit for Work has added a new free webinar facility to its online portal. These webinars have specifically been designed to explain the rationale behind
the service and how it can help employers, employees and GPs (see The next step ). There are currently three available but more are due to be added on...
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Another employer has provided you with a basic reference about one of its former employees. As it doesn’t enable you to assess the individual’s suitability for a job role in your business, is there
anything else you can ask to see?
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The start of a new year has inspired some of your employees to lose some weight. With this in mind they’ve asked if they can support each other by setting up a workplace diet club. Should you agree
to this or not?
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