Articles, tagged with "health and safety executive", page 1
10th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Julie Glynn
Before you decide to make a work accident claim, you need to know exactly how the process works, allowing you to understand what is happening at each stage.
Although every case will differ, there are 7 main steps to f...
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Julie Glynn
01st December 2011
A health and safety officer (also known as a HSO) monitors how an organisation complies with health and safety law, and provides advice to both companies and employers on safe working environments. A HSO will usually work for the Health and Safety Executi...
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Mark Armstrong
17th October 2011
Through being a no win, no fee accident at work legal firm, we come across many injured claimants who have hurt themselves on a badly managed construction site. A large proportion of construction accidents occur due to people falling from scaffolding or l...
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StephLawson
12th October 2011
A recent report revealed work accidents in Scotland in 2010 cost £187 million, despite the fact the Health and Safety Executive has strict regulations in place to prevent such events from happening. This worrying statistic shows that employers are repeate...
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Richard Godden
06th June 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Alison Withers
Catering organisations of all sizes have to pay attention to hygiene in order to protect customers’ health and therefore business, but there is considerable confusion between the rules of food hygiene and the rules o...
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Author:
Ali Withers
05th March 2010
The origins of health and safety law in the UK can be traced back to the time of the industrial revolution. In this boom time for proprietors of industrial businesses - workers came under increasing pressure to achieve more and more output. In an environm...
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Preparing your office for a fire emergency
