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Consultation: Health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences guidelines

November 15, 2014

Source: Sentencing Council On 13 November 2014, the Sentencing Council opened its public consultation on draft guidelines for Health and safety offences, corporate [...]

HSE launches asbestos web app

November 14, 2014

Source: HSE The Beware Asbestos campaign, which was launched on 9 October and will run until March 2015, aims to encourage safe working practices among those workers most at [...]

National Data Guardian appointed to safeguard patients’ healthcare information

November 14, 2014

Source: GOV.UK Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt will today (13 November 2014) appoint independent expert Dame Fiona Caldicott to a new role as National Data Guardian [...]

Annual Energy Statement 2014

November 7, 2014

Source: GOV.UK Mr Speaker, today I am publishing the Government’s Annual Energy Statement and supporting papers alongside the annual update on Electricity Market Reform. [...]

Cyber security is essential in today’s marketplace

November 6, 2014

Source: GOV.UK On 5 November, Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office with responsibility for the UK Cyber Security Strategy, co-hosted a summit of CEOs from the [...]

EAT confirms holiday pay must include overtime payments

November 5, 2014

Source: CIPD A landmark judgment from the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) to include overtime in holiday pay with potentially costly implications for UK businesses has been [...]

Safety Alert: Tower crane slew brakes

November 4, 2014

Source: HSE HSE investigations into the collapse of two tower crane jibs has identified that there were problems with adequate maintenance of the slew brake release [...]

Energy: Statutory security of supply report

November 4, 2014

Source: The Department for Energy and Climate Change The Department for Energy and Climate Change has published the annual Statutory Security of Supply Report (SSSR) that [...]

Precursor chemical licensing

November 4, 2014

Source: Home Office Overview The effective control of chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is an important tool in [...]

Leading infrastructure firms commit to carbon reduction

November 4, 2014

Source: BIS Companies Thames Tideway Tunnel, Lafarge Tarmac, Temple Group, Kier Infrastructure and Barhale Trant Utilities have today (27 October 2014) become the latest [...]

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