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Company fined £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed in a workplace accident The HSE has reported that a manufacturing company, AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Limited, has been fined £600,000 after a workplace accident resulted in a worker’s leg being crushed by a forklift truck. The worker was walking across a pedestrian crossing at the firm’s… Continue reading →

How to manage the additional bank holidays in 2023/2024 Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a legal update on the upcoming additional bank holiday explaining whether employers are obligated to give their employees the extra day off or not. Over the last 2 years, the government have announced an additional 3 bank holidays. Last… Continue reading →

Spring Budget 2023 – What this means for HR The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget earlier this month. The primary focus of this budget was getting Britain ‘back into work’. We have provided an update on the key takeaways from the Spring Budget for Employers and HR to consider.  Increased free childcare Significant… Continue reading →

Accidents, Incidents and Near Misses in the workplace Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams discusses the the differences between accidents, incidents and near misses, and what procedures employers can put in place to minimise the risks of them occurring in the workplace. Every year people are killed or injured at work. Over 40 million working… Continue reading →

How employers can build and support neurodiversity In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness discusses how employers can build and support neurodiversity within the workplace. What is neurodiversity? The term neurodiversity refers to the way that everyone’s brains naturally work differently from one another.  Just as you may be born right-handed, or have green… Continue reading →