Health and safety

New and updated

• Date:

  28 June 2011

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Employee can be automatically unfairly dismissed over safety concerns even when employer genuinely disagrees

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee who was dismissed for refusing to work because of health and safety concerns, even though his employer genuinely believed that there was no danger, could be automatically unfairly dismissed. 

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter offering suitable alternative work during pregnancy

  A model letter to offer alternative employment to an employee who, for health and safety reasons, cannot continue to perform their normal job during pregnancy.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Breastfeeding/expressing milk policy

  A model policy to communicate the organisation's commitment to providing facilities for pregnant or new mothers who are breastfeeding or expressing milk. Facilities could include a dedicated rest room for pregnant employees and new mothers. Employers could also be flexible with working hours.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter offering suitable alternative work to employee who is new mother or breastfeeding

  A model letter to offer alternative employment to an employee who, for health and safety reasons, cannot continue to perform their normal job because they are a new mother or are breastfeeding.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an employee slips on snow or ice on the employer's premises will they be entitled to compensation?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employer is required to pay for special corrective glasses for an employee to use for visual display unit work, is there a limit to how often the employer is required to pay for these?

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Disaster contingency plan

  A model plan to explain to your workforce what steps your organisation has taken to prepare for a disaster such as a terrorist attack or natural disaster.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Employer's risk assessment failure after flood led to constructive dismissal

  In this case, an employer's failings regarding a health and safety risk assessment led to a finding of constructive dismissal against it.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employer under a duty to dismiss an employee whose disability makes them particularly susceptible to the risk of harm?

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with the health and safety rights of new and expectant mothers

  Practical guidance on the health and safety rights of new and expectant mothers, including risk assessments for pregnant and breastfeeding employees; and suspension on health and safety grounds.