Palmers Solicitors Blog

Last week the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched a consultation on proposals to simplify and clarify the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences, in response to the Government-requested Löfstedt report. 

The cost of paying compensation to staff who successfully took their employers to court on the grounds of discrimination reached a record high in 2011 of just under £9m, according to a report by the Equal Opportunities Review.

According to CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention service, employee fraud has risen alarmingly in the first half of this year, with a 52 per cent overall increase compared with the same period in 2011.

The number of people fatally injured in the workplace in the UK has remained relatively unchanged this year as last, according to provisional figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) released last month.

Now that the ‘silly season’ has definitely arrived, we thought it might be fun to look at some different examples of employment law from the around the world and perhaps then count our blessings.

Construction workers have filed a claim in the High Court for loss of earnings and damages against a building company, alleging that the company was involved in an unlawful conspiracy to amass a database of information against them, which was…