High street retailer John Lewis PLC was yesterday handed a fine of 20,000 for failing to do proper checks for deadly asbestos while carrying out refurbishment work at a city department store.In a case which gives the lie to Lord Young’s recent as…
Read MoreIn stark contrast to the views expressed on Monday by Fred Bartlit, the panel’s chief investigator, new attacks were launched yesterday against BP and the other leading companies implicated in the April oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.Bill…
Read MoreA White House inquiry into the Gulf oil disaster has found “no instance” of BP putting cash before safety.The report’s findings, delivered yesterday, will be embarrassing for Mr Obama who held BP responsible for the disaster, savaging its then chi…
Read MoreAnalysis by construction union UCATT has discovered that six construction workers were killed in the week that the Government announced it was slashing funding to the Health and Safety Executive by 35%.With fears growing that the cuts will mean th…
Read MoreWith the ink still drying on Lord Young’s report on the Compensation Culture, the TUC reports that almost half (49 per cent) of workplaces in the UK have never been visited by a health and safety inspector.The TUC’s biennial survey of safety reps,…
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