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What is Decontamination in Healthcare?

Let’s look at the importance of decontamination in healthcare, as well as which levels of cleaning, disinfection, or sanitisation works best for specific medical businesses.

Fire Safety Procedures in Care Homes

In this guide, we’ll look at why fire safety is important, common causes of fires, and how to prevent such devastating events happening in care homes.

How to Complete a Risk Assessment

Employers must comply with the Health and Safety Executive’s ‘Risk Assessment: A Brief Guide on Controlling Risks in the Workplace’. Let’s take a look at what this includes:

National living wage likely to rise by 5.7%

Move to increase 18-20 year old rate of national minimum wage will begin from 2025 but will not be instant

Pregnant employee described as "very emotional and tearful" awarded over £350k after successful discrimination claim

The Employment Tribunal (ET), in the case of Hinds v Mitie Limited, had to consider whether the treatment of an employee during their pregnancy, maternity, and upon their return to work constituted discrimination and entitled them to resign and claim constructive unfair dismissal

Suspended sentence for landlord who failed to maintain gas appliances

A landlord who put tenants’ lives at risk by failing to keep gas appliances in good repair has been given a 26-week suspended sentence and electronically tagged for 4 months

Martyn’s Law l Threats and Attacks on the Public Preparing for common types of terrorist attack

There are many rules you must follow when giving an employee their notice of termination.

During financially challenging times, companies may have no other option than to consider redundancies.