The passage last week of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act means workers will only be able to claim compensation for a workplace injury or disease if they can demonstrate employer negligence, even if it is accepted that employer had broken cri...
PDF version available for downloadRussia's support for global asbestos trade has been exposed by Putin-masked protesters in a union-backed action outside its London embassy. Russia is the world's largest asbestos exporter, accounting for 75 per cent of all exports worldwide.
PDF version available for downloadUnite members and blacklisted workers have staged noisy protests against firms involved in the massive Crossrail construction job
PDF version available for downloadHealth and safety newsletter - 4 May 2013
PDF version available for downloadUK supplies of gas have been running perilously low, with threats to industrial production and jobs. The situation is particularly serious in industries like ceramics, where around 85% of energy use is gas for heating kilns. As a result, businesses a...
Health and safety newsletter 27 April 2013
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