United Kingdom: Health & Safety

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Are Skills Shortages Affecting Workplace Safety?
The UK's skills shortages are evolving from an operational challenge into a significant health and safety concern, with workforce competence gaps creating conditions that may increase workplace accidents and liability claims. Analysis of employers' liability claims data reveals that while staffing shortages are rarely a direct cause of settlements, the inability to demonstrate effective risk management through proper documentation accounts for nearly half of all settled claims.
United Kingdom Employment
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Weightmans
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Government moves to make higher-risk building safety requirements more proportionate
The UK government is reforming the higher-risk buildings regulatory framework to reduce administrative burdens while maintaining safety oversight. Proposed changes include expanding emergency repair provisions, introducing a critical works route, and streamlining building control approval processes for lower-risk works. These reforms aim to balance robust safety standards with practical efficiency in addressing urgent building safety issues.
United Kingdom Real Estate
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Wedlake Bell
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Hidden Heat And UV Exposure – Is This An Emerging Occupational Disease Risk For Employers And Insurers?
As the UK experiences increasingly frequent heatwaves, a new occupational health risk is emerging that could lead to significant employers' liability claims in the coming decades. Workers who spend extended periods driving or working outdoors face cumulative exposure to UV radiation and extreme heat, potentially resulting in skin cancers and heat-related illnesses that may not manifest for years.
United Kingdom Employment
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Weightmans
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Closing The Gap Between Physical And Mental Health Care: HSSIB’s Latest Investigation
How can mental health services ensure that a patient’s physical health does not become secondary to their psychiatric care? That question sits at the heart of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s (HSSIB) latest report, published at the end of July, which examines the deterioration of a patient’s physical health while they were receiving care in a low secure mental health unit.
United Kingdom Healthcare
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Mills & Reeve
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Neurodiversity At Work: What Employers Need To Understand About Support, Adjustments And Legal Risk
For many employers, neurodiversity still feels like unfamiliar territory. It may come up quietly, through a request for flexibility, a conversation about struggling with workload, or a manager raising concerns about performance or communication. Sometimes it appears in the background of an absence issue, a grievance, or a difficult workplace relationship that has started to deteriorate.
United Kingdom Employment
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Buckles Law
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