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Manufacturing firm in court after worker loses arm A Powys firm was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £11,865 when a 59-year-old worker lost his arm during routine maintenance on an industrial saw.

In December 2014, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) – a tribunal public body responsible for hearing appeals from Employment Tribunals – dismissed an employee’s claim that his privacy had been infringed by his employer and confirmed, more generally, employers’ rights to monitor workplace emails and Internet use when a clear policy is in place.

Recent research undertaken by the HSE and the Health and Safety Laboratory (an independent agency of the HSE offering health and safety research) conclusively proves the efficacy of the HSE’s Manual Handling Assessment Tool (MAC tool).

Energy costs can be a significant drain on any business, but especially on SMEs, which typically have narrower profit margins than larger businesses.