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Stop feeding my brain
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01 September 2008
The obesity problem is a tricky one. Who to blame? Parents? Fast food outlets or manufacturers? Or employers? Well, it could be the latter after some ground-breaking research. Apparently, intellectual work induces a substantial increase..
European Commission consults on Consumer Product Risk Assessment Guidelines
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01 September 2008
By Rod Freeman, partner, Lovells
Scottish Member’s Bill on corporate crime
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01 September 2008
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, has launched the consultation for his Member’s Bill (Criminal Sentencing [Equity Fines] Bill) to improve the punishment of corporate crime. “I am suggesting the introduction..
Acas releases annual report
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01 September 2008
Acas, the employment relations service, has released new figures showing that employment tribunals and potential employment tribunal claims passed to Acas for conciliation rose a quarter (24.9%) on last year.
Despite the statistics, Acas – in..
Brit launches Britbord PI
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01 September 2008
Brit Insurance Holdings PLC has launched Britbord PI, a comprehensive set of professional indemnity products on its delegated underwriting system, Britbord. The cover has been specifically tailored for micro SMEs with fee income of up..
Statistics on accidents involving drinking and driving
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01 September 2008
The Department for Transport has published provisional statistics on accidents involving drinking and driving in Great Britain in 2007. The report,“Road casualties in Great Britain: 2007 provisional estimates for accidents involving illegal alcohol levels”, reveals..
Government releases road casualty figures
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01 September 2008
The Government has published the latest Quarterly Provisional Estimates on Road Casualties in Great Britain (Q1 2008). The publication includes National Statistics on road casualties in personal injury road accidents reported to the police in..
Radiotherapy action group criticises trials
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01 September 2008
A letter was recently published in the medical journal The Lancet from a group of women belonging to the campaigning organization RAGE (Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure). This was in response to the publication of two..
Liability portfolio for IFAs and mortgage intermediaries
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01 September 2008
Specialist professional insurances broker PYV has teamed up with Hiscox to make their Management Liability Portfolio available to Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) and mortgage intermediaries for the first time.
Available to IFAs and mortgage brokers who..
Under-reporting of work accidents and diseases in France
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01 September 2008
The under-reporting of occupational accidents and occupational diseases is estimated to cost the French health insurance system between ?565mn and ?1.015bn, according to an expert report submitted to the French government in July.
For cancers, at..
Support for behaviour-based safety programmes
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01 September 2008
Implementing behaviour-based safety (BBS) programmes within firms will discourage unsafe actions amongst staff and improve safety performance within businesses, according to Norwich Union Risk Services (NURS).
According to the Health & Safety Executive, employee behaviour, either..
TUC warning on footwear requirements
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01 September 2008
The TUC has called for employers to drop ‘inappropriate’ requirements for workers to wear uncomfortable or dangerous footwear. A new TUC guide, “Working feet and footwear”, found that while many employers allow employees to wear..
‘What workers want’ survey from TUC
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01 September 2008
A new workers survey from the TUC has found that 39% complained of increased stress levels, while 14% have been bullied in their current job.
The report, “What workers want”, found that the commonest problem that..
Health and safety whistleblowing survey
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01 September 2008
Less than a third of people would blow the whistle on their employer if they broke health and safety laws, according to a poll commissioned by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). The..
Survey finds positive view of health and safety
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01 September 2008
A survey commissioned by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), has found that contrary to its widespread image, nearly two-thirds of the population don’t see health and safety as red tape bureaucracy from..
New occupational safety and health certification standard
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01 September 2008
A new European Certification Standard has been introduced by ENSHPO (the European Network of Safety and Health Professional Organisations). EurOSHM (European Occupational Safety and Health Manager) is a voluntary European certification standard for occupational safety..
HSE must publish names of work related fatalities
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01 September 2008
The Information Commissioner (IC) has ruled that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must publish the names of those who have died in work related incidents. The decision follows an appeal by the Centre for..
Airline insurance market forecasts
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01 September 2008
July renewals saw virtually flat lead hull and liability premium growth, according to Aon’s Aviation & Aerospace Airline Insurance Market News (August 2008). The July renewals suggest that it is still possible to achieve modest..
Concern over merchant seafarer deaths
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01 September 2008
Union Nautilus UK has expressed concern at new figures showing that the number of merchant seafarer deaths recorded by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch has hit an all-time high.
According to the MAIB annual report, released..
Marine market review from Willis
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01 September 2008
While the marine insurance market remains relatively weak overall, there are some signs of hardening, with firmer rates being seen in a few very specific sectors, namely the Protection & Indemnity (P&I) and Scandinavian Hull..
Air pollution and rainfall
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01 September 2008
An international team, led by scientists at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has come up with a surprising finding to the disputed issue of whether air pollution increases or..
Child safety seats v seat belts
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01 September 2008
A new study in the US journal Economic Inquiry has revealed that lap-and-shoulder seat belts perform as well as child safety seats in preventing serious injury. However, safety seats tend to be better at reducing..
US census of fatal occupational injuries
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01 September 2008
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the 2007 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. It shows that there was a total of 5,488 fatal work injuries were recorded in the US in 2007, a..
Insurers at the Scottish Committee on pleural plaques
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01 September 2008
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has told the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament that insurers “rely entirely on the unanimous decision by the House of Lords on the basis of completely agreed medical..
EU accepts UN system on labelling of hazardous substances
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01 September 2008
The UN’s Globally Harmonised System (GHS) on the classification, labelling and packaging of hazardous substances is to be incorporated into EU law after MEPs reached an “acceptable compromise”.
The compromise agreed between representatives of the Parliament..
Warning on emerging nanotechnologies
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01 September 2008
A study in Nature Nanotechnology has questioned whether industry, government and scientists are successfully applying lessons learned from past technologies to ensure the safe and responsible development of emerging nanotechnologies.
The study applied the 12 “late..
Unions role in back to work schemes
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01 September 2008
Unions have a key role to play in helping the long-term unemployed back into work, according to new TUC guidance. “Local Employment Partnerships” explains how union reps can work with employers and Jobcentre Plus (JCP)..
Vocational rehabilitation report published
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01 September 2008
New research has concluded that more than 90% of people with health problems can be helped to return to work by following a few principles of good health care and work place management. The review..
MMR and autism link disproved
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01 September 2008
In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore, GI symptom and autism onset..
Guidance on work-related asthma
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01 September 2008
The American College of Chest Physicians has release a new consensus statement that offers guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of work-related asthma, a chronic respiratory condition that includes occupational asthma and work-exacerbated asthma and..
C difficile deaths still rising
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01 September 2008
The number of reported deaths involving Clostridium difficile continued to rise between 2006 and 2007 while deaths involving MRSA fell slightly, according to new data published by the Office for National Statistics in Health Statistics..
Career-ending football injury damages
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01 September 2008
The court was required to assess damages for personal injury caused to the claimant ex-footballer by a negligent tackle perpetrated by the first defendant footballer (S), for which the second defendant football company was vicariously..
No fraud but claim failed anyway
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01 September 2008
A woman delivering leaflets to houses in her street alleged that as she was beginning to cross the road her foot caught in a depression and, as a consequence, she lost her balance and fell,..
Door closer is work equipment
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01 September 2008
The House of Lords has decided in a Scottish claim that a door closer is work equipment within the meaning of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. The claimant was employed as..
£147,000 settlement for asbestos victim
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01 September 2008
A man diagnosed with mesothelioma has seen his case settled for £147,000. He worked for an engineering company that made car parts for Volvo and Ford. He was exposed to asbestos used in the manufacturing..
£228,000 for mesothelioma family
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01 September 2008
The family of a former engineer has received £228,000 in compensation after their dad died from mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos while working in a number of power stations for British Energy Generation, the..
Damages for injury at work
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01 September 2008
A man who was injured while he worked as an operator at a kitchen appliance factory has received £12,000 in compensation. On the day of his accident, he was attempting to manually pull down a..
Whiplash injury damages
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01 September 2008
A woman whose car was shunted by a van which had been hit from behind by a bus has been awarded compensation of £3,000 after suffering injuries to her neck. As she waited in a..
Mesothelioma damages for widow
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01 September 2008
The widow of a former British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) employee has received an undisclosed six figure sum in compensation after her husband died from mesothelioma. Her husband was exposed to the dust working as..
Road accident damages
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01 September 2008
A police administrator who was hit by an uninsured driver on Christmas Eve 1999 has won £90,000 in compensation. He was involved in a head on collision with a car that had crossed onto his..
£75,000 damages for back injury
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01 September 2008
A nursery nurse has secured £75,000 damages in an out of court settlement from an NHS Trust following a serious back injury at work. The accident happened as she was carrying a box through a..
£118,000 in mesothelioma compensation
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01 September 2008
The family of a former plumber has been awarded over £118,000 in compensation after he died from mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos while working for a family run firm. He also worked as a..
Award over breast screening service failure
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01 September 2008
An NHS Trust is to pay a ‘substantial’ settlement in compensation to a nurse after a breast screening service failed to detect her cancer. She was called for routine screening for breast cancer, offered to..
Broken shoe heel injury
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01 September 2008
A student who broke her ankle after one of her high heels snapped has been awarded £7,200 in compensation from a shoe chain. She was wearing the £35 pair of shoes for the first time..
£8mn damages over birth brain injury
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01 September 2008
A boy who was left disabled after he was deprived of oxygen at birth has been awarded damages of £8mn. He suffers from choreoathetoid cerebral palsy because he was deprived of oxygen for 17 minutes..
Compensation for care assistant
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01 September 2008
A care assistant who was hurt whilst lifting a resident at a residential care home has won £8,000 compensation from her former employer after injuring her back and subsequently losing her job. She was required..
Mesothelioma victim wins compensation
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01 September 2008
An Australian mesothelioma victim has received a settlement for damages of approximately £125,000. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma early in 2008 and recalled that he worked for a couple of months with an employer in..
Damages over sexual abuse
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01 September 2008
A man who as a child was physically and sexually abused by his stepfather has received damages of £70,000 from a local authority for delays in his protection.
He was born in 1987 and lived with..
Damages over JCB accident
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01 September 2008
A man has received £2,600 compensation in an out of court settlement after he was injured in an accident at work. He was working via an agency at a waste processing company as a picker...
Man Utd player gets £4.5mn damages
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01 September 2008
A former Manchester United player has been awarded over £4.5mn in compensation after an injury he suffered in a tackle ended his promising playing career. The man was playing in a reserve game when, aged..
Ambulance accident injury
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01 September 2008
A paramedic has won over £60,000 in compensation after a van crashed into his ambulance. He was in the passenger seat of the ambulance when a van driver sped through a red light and crashed..
Age discrimination win for 18-year-old
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01 September 2008
A woman who claimed that she was dismissed for being ‘too young’ has won her claim of age discrimination. She was 18 years old when she began working for an engineering firm as an office..
£250,000 for back injury
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01 September 2008
A man working as a contract electrician has been awarded £250,000 for the back injuries he sustained when he fell at work. He was working as a contract electrician when the incident occurred. He was..
£100,000 for occupational asthma
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01 September 2008
A man has been awarded £100,000 after he developed occupational asthma which resulted in a psychiatric disorder. He was working as an electrical engineer when he developed shortness of breath whilst at work. He collapsed..
No damages for mental scarring
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01 September 2008
A builder who was left mentally scarred by the memory of a workmate’s horrific death on the Wembley Stadium construction site has been refused compensation. The man was on the scene within minutes after a..
Impact of health and safety requirements on small businesses
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01 September 2008
Small business could save up to £300mn a year with better advice and support on health and safety, according to a report published by the Better Regulation Executive which examined how health and safety regulations..
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