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The foundations of fire safety in both England and Wales. The Regulatory Reform Order 2005, or put simply the FSO, sets out exactly what employers and people in control of buildings must do to reduce fire risks and keep people safe in the workplace.

The construction sector in the UK records a statistically higher rate of self-reported workplace injuries compared to the national average across all industries. It shares this high-risk profile with other hazardous sectors such as hospitality, transportation and wholesale retail/trade.

Yes, you should be taking steps to prevent accidents but inevitably they can and do occur. Which means you must have reactive measures in place to control the impact and plug the gaps in your safety measures. By covering all the bases, you ultimately ensure your business is complaint with health and safety legislation whilst actively working to ...

Our AI strategy is built around a simple principle: technology should make expert knowledge or tasks more accessible, actionable, and valuable. That’s why we’re integrating AI carefully and responsibly, combining cutting-edge tools with the insight and accuracy that you can rely on.

The HSE recommend Plan, Do, Check, Act as a method for managing health and safety. Encouraging a concise and methodical approach to keeping the workplace and employees safe. PDCA is broken into four stages and is a cycle which should be routinely repeated to ensure that health and safety standards are upheld and understood across a business.

As an employer you may find yourself working alongside a trade union to ensure the wellbeing and fair working conditions of staff. In this guide we cover the ‘need to know’ information for employers when dealing with trade unions.

Incorporating timesheets into your performance reviews provides a clear, data-driven assessment of productivity and working hours. Offering the evidence business owners and managers need to make informed decisions about an employee’s performance.

The Working at Height Regulations 2005 holds employers legally accountable for the health and safety of staff who are required to work at height, using ladders, scaling buildings, and more.

The Employment Rights Bill is a new piece of UK legislation which aims to bring employment law in the UK in-line with the ambitions set out in Labour’s “Plan to Make Work Pay”. The Bill is set to be an important and incredibly impactful piece of legislation that will shake up many aspects of employment law.

From corporate businesses to manufacturing, many UK industries continue to rely upon timesheets for accurate time tracking, recording and reporting of employee working hours.

Keeping an accurate record of break times not only ensures that you are compliant with the Working Time Regulations, but it holds both you and your employees accountable. Your employees will be required to be honest, sticking to their allocated time, while you will be responsible for ensuring that, whether paid or unpaid, break times are ...

In this guide we explore the three main types of timesheets to compare their uses and to help you decide the best format for tracking and recording employee time.