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Asking job applicants about their health, or getting them to complete a pre-employment health questionnaire, could land employers with an Employment Tribunal claim for "discrimination"

An Employment tribunal has ruled that employers must pay staff their full holiday entitlements

Increase of National Minimum Wage, Single Equality Act and Default Retirement Age abolished October 2011

A 17 year old boy who was sacked just three-and-a-half hours into his new job was discriminated against on the basis of his age

Decrease in the maximum unfair dismissal compensatory award

Clothes retailer New Look has been ordered to pay a record £400,000 fine under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) following a blaze which destroyed its store on Oxford Street, centra

A worldwide courier company has been fined £35,000

Discount retail chain Poundland has been ordered to pay £16,505 in penalties after a pensioner fractured her wrist when she tripped over damaged tiles at its Middlesbrough store

Sitting on 9 February, the magistrates fined Publicana Ltd £5,000 for each of four offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Pet food manufacturer Butcher’s Pet Care has been fined £100,000 six years after a machine at its Northamptonshire factory crushed an employee to death

Government figures recently released confirmed earlier reports from support groups for the victims of asbestos-related disease of a continuing rise in the national incidence of mesothelioma

Ready meals manufacturer Noon Products has been fined £20,000 after an employee cut off his fingertip in a dough dividing machine

Companies convicted of corporate manslaughter will face fines of upwards of £500,000, reports the Financial Times

M&M Windows Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Section 1(1) of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory

A refuse company has today been fined £130,000 after a worker was killed when a recycling bin fell on his head

Perryman Properties Ltd contracted Demetrius Michael to carry out refurbishment work at an industrial unit in Haringey, north London

An electrical engineer has received £450,000 in compensation from his former employers following a four-metre fall which left him with shattered ankles

Paternity leave is extended, Right to request time off for training is introduced and Social Security and Statutory Sick Pay Amendment Regulations 2010 come into force

Fines for Organisations found guilty of the new offence of corporate manslaughter will not be linked to profit or turnover but should “seldom” be below half a million pounds, say the guidelines

From 1 October, the mandatory four-day First Aid at Work training courses was reduced to three days, while small businesses will have the option of a one-day course

The UK’s biggest retailer Tesco has been ordered to pay a £12,600 penalty after a reverse scissor lift collapsed while in use at one of its superstores

The Court of Appeal gave an important judgement in relation to a claim for damages for work-related stress

A novice welder died when an oil drum exploded at family-run engineering firm, Exeter Crown Court heard

An incident in which a loose car park barrier swung and hit an employee sitting in his car has cost supermarket giant Morrisons £183,282.00

Shell International Ltd has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs after pleading guilty to breaches of the Regulatory Reform (fire Safety) Order

What would Maplins holiday camp yellowcoat Gladys Pugh have made of the case of Maria Moon, a former waitress at Hafan-y-Mor holiday camp in North Wales?

A Lift Maintenance firm has admitted safety railings after one of its engineers was badly injured when his hand and arm were dragged into a lift mechanism

Hundreds of West Country hotels and guesthouses have failed to comply with fire safety regulations in the wake of the worst hotel blaze in 40 years, the Western Morning News has found.

What are the employer’s responsibilities regarding the protection of employees from contracting swine flu in the workplace.

Employers fear that insurance companies may not pay out on a policy if the insured business has not complied with their legal duties,

Businesses may well find that their insurers will be reluctant to pay out in full for damage to property caused by fire where no Fire Action Plan has been put in place

Ronald Davidson, a former bar manager has been awarded almost £15,000 compensation for unfair dismissal and age discrimination.

The limits on awards that can be granted at Tribunal increase from 1st February 2007.

A sacked park worker has been awarded a £550,000 record payout

Geoffrey Podger, Health and Safety Executive chief executive, said: "Last year (2006), the HSE issued 20% more enforcement notices

The default retirement age exemption in the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006

Tribunal Claims rose by 15% in 2006/7...

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act received Royal Assent in July 2007

Employers must enforce safety rules or face compensation claims and prosecution

Employers who fail to check immigrant workers face tough new penalties

New responsibilities for employers

Compensation claim highlights the need for health and safety procedures

New Annual Holiday rights for employees