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Published: 09 Mar 2021 The many changes and restrictions COVID-19 has brought are becoming a new way of life. However, there are significant variations in how employers are reacting to the pandemic and the lengths they’re prepared to go to in order to protect employees. Data on deaths by occupation released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that between 9 March and 28 December 2020, 7,961 COVID-19 related deaths occurred in those of working age (between 20 and 64). Almost two thirds were men. The HSE said this indicates that men who work in e...

Former diplomat and business coach, Olympic rower and author of ‘The Long Win’, Dr Cath Bishop discusses how to do competition collaboratively rather than the win/lose binary thinking society has pressured us into thinking.

Sellafield contractor served with improvement notice after workers come close to hitting live electric cable Sellafield A leading Sellafield contractor has been given an improvement notice after its workers came close to striking a live electric cable during work at the nuclear complex. While nobody was harmed in the incident in October, Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd has had the improvement notice served on it by the Office for Nuclear Regulation. The Office for Nuclear Regulation said: “The incident occurred in an area under the control of Morgan Sindall. “Enquiries ...

Improvement notice issued to Morgan Sindall after workers 'came close to striking high voltage cable' at Sellafield Sellafield A construction company has been served an improvement notice after workers came close to striking a high voltage cable during excavation work at Sellafield. The notice by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONS) was issued to contractors Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Limited following an incident in October 2020. The incident occurred in an area under the control of Morgan Sindall on October 7. Enquiries by ONR confirmed that there were shortfa...

By Kathryn Barnes, EMEA Counsel, Globalization Partners Looking back on the past 12 months, it’s incredible how much has changed in such a short period of time. While the world has come a long way in the battle against COVID-19, it’s increasingly clear that many of the things we took for granted less than a year ago aren’t going back to the way they were any time soon, if ever. One of those things is traditional office-based working. Organisations across the UK have spent the last nine months perfecting their approach to home working, and for many it’s proved a very pleasant surprise....