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Dec 11, 2024 | 
ftadviser.com | Alison Gay |Chris Riach |Pinsent Masons
As the next stage in the Financial Conduct Authority’s advice-guidance boundary review draws close, the regulator will likely be hoping that targeted support will play a crucial role in addressing the advice gap. The FCA is actively working to address the advice gap – the challenge consumers face in accessing affordable financial advice – through its review. This initiative aims to enhance consumer support in making informed financial decisions, particularly concerning pensions.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
juve-patent.com | Pinsent Masons
Munich has been at the heart of the evolution of the UPC since the court’s opening almost 18 months ago, which is why the enchanting Kafer-Schänke restaurant in the city seemed like the perfect place for Pinsent Masons and JUVE Patent to host a dinner on 13 November 2024.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Matthew Sulley |Pinsent Masons |Mike Robinson FCA |Ashton Cull
As we know, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) imposes duties on employers to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees and not to expose others affected by their activities to health and safety risks, insofar as is reasonably practicable.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Katherine Metcalfe |Pinsent Masons |Matthew Holder |Bruce Craig
At present, the law is sparse. It is largely based on the general duties under sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Photograph: iStockIn its 2016–2021 strategy, Helping Great Britain Work Well, HSE identified tacking ill health as one of six strategic objectives.
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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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Sep 26, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Mike Robinson FCA |Charlotte O'Kane |Hannah Frost |Pinsent Masons
Indeed, a number of major roadblocks stand in the way of Keir Starmer delivering on any one of the five ‘missions’ he set for his Government, and indeed its ‘first steps’. Consider just one of these; to build 1.5 million new homes during the course of this Parliament. Delivering this means building 50 per cent more homes than the last Government did over the same period.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Charlotte Woodworth |Matthew Holder |Bruce Craig |Pinsent Masons
Women and other marginalised genders face a persistent pay and power gap and are more likely to experience insecure work or gender-based harassment or discrimination. Photograph: iStock/Layla BirdAnd this isn’t just bad for society, it’s also bad for business. Greater gender equity and inclusion is vital to business success, leading to more engaged and productive employees, better products, happier customers and higher financial returns.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Francesca Ledwith |Pinsent Masons |Mick Dawson |Charles Pickles
Asbestos: Your Duty On 15 January 2024, HSE launched its ‘Asbestos: Your Duty’ campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos and to improve understanding of what the legal duty to manage asbestos in buildings involves. This campaign ran alongside HSE’s ‘Asbestos and You’ campaign, which was launched in 2023 and which provides a quick guide to tradespeople about the personal risks from asbestos that still exist across the country today, as well as their legal responsibilities.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Kevin Bampton |Francesca Ledwith |Pinsent Masons |Mick Dawson
We have long known that respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure leads to respiratory disease and that very high exposures accelerates that process to months rather than decades. We also know that SMEs routinely fail to put into place even rudimentary controls to prevent exposure for their workers and we see the huge burden of disease that this causes.
