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Mar 2016
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently held that it is not discriminatory to stop childcare vouchers, provided under salary sacrifice schemes, during maternity leave as they . are part of the employee’s remuneration. The case did, however, make a distinction between vouchers provided as part of a salary sacrifice scheme and those provided on…
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Mar 2016
A study has suggested that hundreds of thousands of patients could be spared from risky operations through the use of a scanner. Head and neck tumours are treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, currently followed up by an operation to confirm the outcome of the tumour following the treatment. The operation takes three hours and comes…
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Mar 2016
Terry Woolmer, head of health and safety policy for EEF, the manufacturer’s organisation, has stated that he believes the new sentencing guidelines will lead companies to adopt a risk averse landscape rather than drive health and safety forwards. Terry is concerned that the new guidelines, rather than driving health and safety forward, could undo the…
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Mar 2016
The HSE have confirmed that a manufacturing company based in Shrewsbury and its director have been fined after an empty 45 gallon steel drum that originally contained flammable liquid caught fire and exploded as a result of being cut in half. Shrewsbury Magistrates Court heard how an employee of SPEL Products had reported the incident,…
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Mar 2016
Although the new sentencing guidelines officially came in to force on 1 February 2016, a number of companies were fined very heavily in January 2016 for health and safety breaches. C.RO Ports London Limited was fined £1.8 million; Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited was fined £1 million. National Grid Gas and UK Power Networks were…
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Mar 2016
A review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has found a “substantial variation” in maternity unit practice, and has suggested that not all women are receiving the best possible care. The review, which was carried out with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looked at over 550,000 births in the year…
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