Feb 2023
News - February 2023 - Legal Update
Food and drink manufacturers are being warned of the hazard of inhaling Diacetyl, a flavouring and a by-product of coffee roasting.
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Jan 2023
News - January 2023 - Legal Update
A common problem within the logistics industry is when loads move in transit, often creating additional risk to those unloading. This case concerns an accident caused by those circumstances which resulted in a fall and head injury to an employee.
Dec 2022
News - December 2022- Legal Update
Statistics 2022. The HSE has published annual statistics for work-related ill health and workplace injuries based on data from a number of sources. Taking self-reported information on sickness it finds that cases of work-related stress, depression, or anxiety make up 51% of work-
Nov 2022
News - November 2022- Legal Update
Inspection campaign – waste and recycling. The HSE will visit 500 waste and recycling sites over the winter of 2022/23. Whilst the particular focus of the campaign is machinery and workplace transport safety, other serious concerns will not be overlooked. Those in the sector can
Oct 2022
News - October 2022- Legal Update
Silica dust. From 1 October HSE inspectors will be out and about visiting manufacturing businesses using stone or working with tiles and bricks. The purpose is to check control measures to protect workers’ respiratory health.
Sept 2022
News - September 2022- Legal Update
Smoke and CO detection in rented homes. The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 come into force on 1st October 2022. The regulations apply in England to private sector and social landlords who will be required to increase coverage of heat/ smoke alarms an
Aug 2022
News - Summer 2022- Legal Update
New and expectant mothers risk assessments. The HSE has emphasised that an individual risk assessment is required for all workers who are new or expectant mothers. This is significant because a civil case heard at the Employment Appeal Tribunal in 2010 had suggested that this may
May 2022
News - May 2022- Legal Update
Long Covid. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 1.5 million people in the UK were experiencing symptoms of long COVID at the end of January 2022. 71% of the reports said they had the symptoms for 12 weeks or more and of these, 65% said it was adversely affecti
May 2022
News - April 2022- Legal Update
End to mandatory vaccination. Regulations revoking mandatory vaccinations for health and social care settings, came into force on 15 March 2022.
Mar 2022
News - March 2022- Legal Update
Updates on COVID-19 advice. T he remaining domestic COVID-19 restrictions were removed in England on 24 February 2022 including the legal requirement to self-isolate. However, guidance still advises five full days of isolation followed by two consecutive days of negative test res
Feb 2022
News - February 2022- Legal Update
Updates on COVID-19 advice. Various relaxations to the rules have occurred across all four nations. England has currently gone further than other nations, with an end to Plan B restrictions from 27th January 2022. Face coverings are now advisory for enclosed or crowded spaces, bu
Jan 2022
News - January 2022- Legal Update
Updates on COVID-19 advice - England. In December England moved to Plan B restrictions with workers encouraged to work from home where possible from 13th December 2021. Face coverings for those not exempt, became mandatory in the majority of indoor public settings. There are exce