Employer's Duties - Provision of personal protective equipment in light of COVID-19
Louise Plant
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12th June 2020
Employers have a legal duty to their employees under Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure the health, safety and well-being of their employees.
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RIDDOR Reporting and Covid-19
Louise Plant
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9th June 2020
The Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (“RIDDOR”) requires employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and some…
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Have you set up a Power of Attorney?
Emma Woollard
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8th June 2020
We don’t need Powers of Attorney yet, we are not old and we are quite capable of looking after ourselves – I have heard these comments many times. My response is that’s great and long may it continue but what will happen if you suddenly can’t…
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Lockdown - Reflections at the end of week 11
Ian Waine
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5th June 2020
Week 11 was a curious mixture. Other stories have knocked Covid-19 down the running order of news broadcasts and off the front pages, and the speed and, at times, apparent randomness of the release of some lockdown restrictions and the introduction…
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