The latest statistics released by the CIPD reveals that only 10 tribunal claims relating to the right to work flexible working were successful in 2010/11. Although 277 claims were placed, only 48 reached the tribunal stage and of those, just 10 were won by the employee.
This appears to demonstrate that flexible working legislation has been successfully implemented without imposing an excessive burden on businesses. This is likely to encourage those campaigning to extend the right to work flexibly to all employees.
Health & Safety: The cost of not separating transport from pedestrians
Separation of pedestrians and forklift trucks could have prevented a serious industrial accident when a 61-year old employee had both his ankles and lower legs broken by a fork lift truck reversing into him at Verplas Ltd’s Dorset site.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching S.2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court and was fined £10,000 with costs of £2,407
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