Health & Safety Deregulation Causing Concern
Government plans to deregulate areas of health and safety, have been criticised by Members of the House of Lords. As explained in our blog from last week – “Certain Self-Employed Persons to Become Exempt from Health & Safety Law?” – under current UK Government plans, all self-employed workers, with the exception of those undertaking ‘prescribed activities’, will become […]
Building contractor prosecuted over asbestos exposure
A building contractor has been sentenced after its workers were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres during refurbishment work at premises in Wales. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted J C Irvine Limited following an investigation which revealed that work on the refurbishment was being carried out without an asbestos survey. Swansea Magistrates heard […]
