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Sep 30, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Michael Hough |Matthew Holder |Bruce Craig |Pinsent Masons
Mental health problems not only create emotional suffering but can also worsen physical health conditions. Working conditions and environment have a huge impact on mental health, and equally, someone’s mental health can significantly affect performing well in their role. Recent research from Deloitte has outlined that poor mental health costs UK employers £51 billion a year for employees.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Faye Law |Bruce Craig |Pinsent Masons |Andrew Pakes
What’s the average cost of making reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee? I can’t give you a price, but I can tell you the value. A decade ago, Acas bought me an ergonomic chair, without which I would have been unable to stay in the job. It cost £800. Or is that £80 a year for 10 years? But think instead of the thousands of pounds saved in costs of recruitment and training to backfill me. That’s without considering the benefits to me.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Bruce Craig |Fiona CAMERON
Bruce Craig and Rachel Trease of Pinsent Masons were commenting after an overview of the offshore oil and gas sector’s health, safety and environment (HSE) performance for 2022, published last month by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) (52-page / 11MB PDF), found that 2022 was the safest year to work in offshore oil and gas since records began. According to the report, the total number of process safety-related ‘dangerous occurrences’ reported in 2022 fell 22% to the lowest level recorded.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Bruce Craig |Fiona CAMERON
Health and safety experts Bruce Craig and Fiona Cameron of Pinsent Masons were commenting on the latest development in an ongoing police investigation into a number of deaths at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Bruce Craig |Fiona CAMERON
Network Rail was fined £6.7 million by the High Court in Aberdeen on 8 September after pleading guilty to a series of criminal charges relating to health and safety. It is the highest financial penalty ever to have been levied on the UK government-owned track and signalling body for health and safety failings.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
scotsman.com | Bruce Craig
The fatal incident, which took place on 12 August 2020, followed heavy rainfall and subsequent landslides that led to a train derailment at Carmont, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. The train, operated by ScotRail, was en route from Aberdeen to Glasgow when it hit a landslide on a section of track that had been compromised by the severe weather. The driver, conductor and one passenger lost their lives, while six others were injured.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Bruce Craig |Fiona CAMERON
The fatal incident, which took place on 12 August 2020, was a result of heavy rainfall and subsequent landslides that led to a train derailment at Carmont, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. The train, operated by ScotRail, was en route from Aberdeen to Glasgow when it hit a landslide on a section of track that had been compromised by the severe weather. The driver, conductor and one passenger lost their lives, while six others were injured.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Bruce Craig |Sarah Munro
The decision comes after Prasun Chakraborty, a research assistant at the University of Dundee, raised an official grievance with his employer over alleged racism, bullying, and harassment in November 2021. That month, the university appointed an independent investigator to examine Chakraborty’s complaints. In December, before the internal investigation was complete, Chakraborty raised a claim with an employment tribunal.
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May 22, 2023 | 
scotsman.com | Bruce Craig
Provisional data published by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and charity Scottish Hazards revealed 21 workers died as a result of industrial harm in the past 12 months, almost double the 2019 total of 11. Scottish Hazards believes the true number of workplace deaths is likely to be far higher when road traffic accidents connected to work, occupational disease and work-related suicides are included.
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May 3, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Bruce Craig |Fiona CAMERON
Out-Law News | 03 May 2023 | 2:42 pm |
3 min. read
New figures showing that the number of people dying as a result of workplace incidents in Scotland has reached its highest level since 2019 have prompted urgent calls for reforms to corporate homicide legislation.
