The Department of Business Innovation and Skills has published details of the regulations due next year to outlaw blacklisting of trade unionists.The Regulations will make it unlawful for organisations to refuse employment to or sack individuals because they are on a blacklist and enable unions and blacklisted individuals to take action against anyone who draws up or circulates a blacklist as well as employers who use them.The Regulations are expected …

A forklift truck driver has been fined £1500 for his role in an accident in which a colleague suffered fatal injuries. The HSE successfully prosecuted Andrew Mason under Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act after he admitted failing to take reasonable care for other people affected by his actions at work, and to cooperate with his employer in meeting statutory requirements.Francis Roberts slipped and fell at …