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 School fined after field trip ends in mountain rescue

Tuesday 22nd February 2022
A school has been fined £30,000 after taking a group of teenage pupils on a dangerous mountain hike wearing school shoes.
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 Appeal brought against employer for disability discrimination case

Friday 4th February 2022
Disability
The appellant in Judd V Cabinet Office [2021], Victoria Judd, appealed against the rejection of her claims for disability discrimination after she was refused a secondment opportunity in Montenegro on grounds of risk to her health.
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 Mobile tower fall death: background to a tragedy

Tuesday 1st February 2022
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On 15 January 2022 at Cambridge Magistrates Court, Peter Saunders Builders Ltd was fined £16,000 after pleading guilty to breaching regulation 8 (a) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, following an incident that saw one of its workers, Sean Harding, fall from height and subsequently die.
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 Dementia sufferer wins dismissal claim after Asda fails to involve OH soon enough

Tuesday 25th January 2022
Disability
A 73-year-old woman with dementia has won her claim for constructive unfair dismissal against supermarket giant Asda, after she was asked more than once if she wanted to retire and subjected to treatment that violated her dignity.
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 Employers must provide same level of protection to all workers under amended PPE regs

Friday 21st January 2022
Personal protective equipment
Employers need to ensure they are ready to provide the same level of protection to workers who carry out casual work as employees who have a contract of employment when amended personal protective equipment (PPE) regulations come into force on 6 April (https://www.hse.gov.uk/ppe/index.htm).
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 Sound and fury in the open-plan office

Noise
Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood, and it will require a new approach from the profession to tackle it.
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 £14,400 fine following care home lift shaft death

Tuesday 21st December 2021
Lifting operations
Work equipment
Poor maintenance meant the lift door at Serendipity Care Home was damaged, causing it to bend and then buckle under its own weight, before dropping uncontrolled to the basement.
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 What effect will hybrid working have on water quality?

Thursday 16th December 2021
Legionella
As Covid-19 guidance changes once again, we explain how to ensure high water quality in under-occupied workplaces.
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 Amey's £600,000 fine: timeline to a tipping

Thursday 9th December 2021
Workplace transport
With the help of HM Inspector of Railways Sean Devaney and Office of Rail and Road Senior Legal Advisor Chloé Barton, we look at the catalogue of errors that led to a road-rail excavator tipping over in an accident that resulted in a £600,000 fine.
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 Car salvage firm boss jailed for ignoring HSE notices

Friday 3rd December 2021
Workplace transport
A report from a forklift examiner prompted a visit from the HSE, which resulted in Tahir Karim being sent to prison for a year.
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