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A colleague told you that someone was able to claim thousands of pounds in compensation when he slipped on a flower petal. Could this really be right, and if so, does it mean you’re now at even
greater risk of a silly claim like this?
Published 22.10.2008
The new rules on managing asbestos have now been in force for a couple of years. With talk of directors going to jail, what’s been the reality?
Published 26.10.2005
Whilst directors of large firms continue to evade responsibility for employee fatalities at work, directors of small companies aren’t so lucky. What valuable lessons can you learn from a recent case?
Published 05.07.2006
Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) should be provided to workers when there’s no other way of reducing the risk to their health and safety. But is providing it alone enough to avoid your
liability as a director?
Published 01.03.2006
One of your workers injured themselves while on company property and is demanding compensation. Your counter argument is that they were in an area they shouldn’t have been and so it’s their fault.
Will this get you off the hook?
Published 29.04.2014
In a recent case, a sole director sustained a serious personal injury at work. When he sought financial compensation from the company, its insurers successfully defended the claim. Where did this
director go wrong?
Published 07.06.2013
An employee has been working off-site using someone else’s equipment. What happens if they have an accident? Could you be liable?
Published 10.07.2009
A school Academy Trust has been prosecuted after an employee fell from a ladder whilst carrying out work which ought to have been done from a work platform. What happened and why was the ladder
unsuitable?
Published 29.07.2021
An employee who is on the large side is clearly struggling to use his office chair. He also can’t get close enough to his desk to use it properly. Must you buy him specialist furniture?
Published 09.12.2016
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