Safety fears over recruitment-sector deregulation
April 16, 2013
The Government wants to loosen the regulatory regime for employment agencies by, among other things, removing their current duty to provide temporary workers with health and safety information about their role. Read More
Live electrical cable left unprotected in restaurant’s kitchen
January 31, 2013
An agency worker suffered an electric shock while working in the kitchen of a restaurant in Warwickshire. Read More
Tribunal rules against worker blacklisted for raising health and safety concerns
January 23, 2012
A construction worker who lost a case against a major firm that admitted blacklisting him for union activities and raising health and safety concerns may go to the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that UK law does not sufficiently protect agency workers. Read More
“Simple and inexpensive” measures would have prevented lift-truck incident
October 13, 2011
A Lincolnshire farming company has been fined after an agricultural worker was hit by a forklift truck at a farm where pedestrians and vehicles were inadequately segregated. Read More
Advice for employers on agency-worker changes
May 11, 2011
New guidance is available to help employers and the recruitment sector prepare for the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations later this year. Read More
Agencies face accusations of defying PPE rules
March 18, 2011
Construction workers' union UCATT believes some employment agencies are deliberately flouting safety regulations by failing to provide PPE for those workers they place in jobs. Read More
Language-barrier oversight linked to toxic-gas discharge
March 4, 2011
Three agency workers were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after a toxic gas was released inside a vegetable packaging factory following a chemical incident. Read More
Businesses unprimed for agency-worker changes
March 2, 2011
Just 7 per cent of UK employers have assessed how they will be affected by the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), suggests research by recruitment and HR services company, Randstad. Read More
Managing director admits he “wasn’t aware of his H&S responsibilities”
January 7, 2011
Two companies pleaded guilty to failing to protect workers after four agency staff fell 3.5 metres through an unsecured floor. Read More
Botched planning highlighted in manual-handling fatality
January 5, 2011
An agency worker was crushed to death by a stack of glass he was helping to unload on his first day at work. Read More