A green-fingered pensioner has been told to remove a Union flagpole from her allotment patch – after council officials branded the structure a health and safety hazard.
World-famous Baxters in health and safety breach
A world-famous food producer has been fined £6,000 after admitting to health and safety failings which left an employee without the full use of his hand.
Health and safety focuses on flowers
Following a ruling in February this year which meant that retailers were required to remove daffodil bulbs from aisles displaying fruit and vegetables for sale – to prevent shoppers confusing them with onions or vegetable produce grown overseas – officials at a shopping centre in Worcestershire recently put up a notice to warn customers about falling magnolia flowers.
New safety regulations will impact on businesses that order construction work
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM), which will come into effect on 6th April 2015, will change the way that construction work operates on a domestic and commercial scale across the UK.
Employers publicly named over failure to pay minimum wage
The Government has named 48 firms on its most recent list of employers that have failed to pay their workers the national minimum wage, with chain restaurants, fashion brands and a 99p store among those that have been exposed.