Commenting on the latest figures for workplace fatalities released today (Tuesday) by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which show 171 people were killed at work last year, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“While you cannot read too much into one year's figures, everyone will be concerned about this rise in workplace deaths, especially given the steady fall in fatalities we have seen in recent years.
BUS WORKERS union RMT announced today that it has begun balloting on First Devon and Cornwall for strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over the axing of essential staff transport.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has given a cautious welcome to the news this morning that workplace fatalities have fallen significantly in Scotland. The HSE have released figures for the year to 31 March 2011 showing that fatal injuries at work have fallen from 23 in 2009/10 to 15 this year.
The prime minister’s speech to the Local Government Association can’t disguise the fact that only ‘honest dialogue’ will build the trust needed to improve council services and help reach a fair settlement on public sector pensions.
Discount department store chain TJ Hughes has filed an intention to appoint an administrator after a supplier threatened to file a winding up notice against the company.
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The TUC welcomes Pensions Minister Steve Webb's statement today (Monday), warning employers not to rely on short-service refunds when choosing a pension for auto-enrolment, but has called for an interim reform that ensures that these refunds are only paid to scheme members to be inserted in the Pensions Bill currently before the House of Commons.
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