Employment Updates

Birmingham City Council could be forced to pay out up to £600m in equal pay case.

Thousands of female Birmingham City Council staff could receive a share of up to £600m in compensation after winning an equal pay employment tribunal case.

Up to 5,000 female workers, including cleaners, care assistants & cooks, brought the case against the council after they were not paid bonuses that were offered to male refuse collectors, allowing the men to earn more than £50,000 a year.

The tribunal found these bonuses were discriminatory because it was rewarding male workers for doing their jobs properly.  Read more

 

  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

An ever growing proportion of companies and industries are providing their employees with personal protective equiment. 

This provides the employee with protection against the machinery or chemicals they are working with.

It also provides the company with the reassurance that they are doing everything they can to protect their employees.

Or are they?

Just providing the personal protective equipment is not enough. The employee must be trained on how and when to use it, and also how to recognise the signs of it becoming faulty or worn.

The correct signage should be in place to identify what equipment should be worn in each area of the work place, and PPE record sheets should be kept for each employee.

One of our Health & Safety Consultants will visit your premises and carry out a full Personal Protective Equipment Assessment on your behalf.

We then feedback the results to you and discuss the areas which may need improvement.

We will work closely with you to implement processes and policies which will ensure your company has all PPE requirements and recommendations covered.

 

 

 

 

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