Meet the team: Scott Nelson
Law At Work (Channel Islands) Limited has bolstered its health and safety team with the appointment of Scott Nelson to the role of Health and Safety Business Manager. Mr Nelson […]
Sex discrimination: are you up for it?!
The States of Jersey passed the second part of the island’s discrimination laws late yesterday afternoon. The Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013 covers the protected characteristics of sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, […]
Tribunal roundup
Saunders v J M & K S Limited t/a Salon 7 Hair – HELD This was a claim for unpaid wages. In essence, it was a dispute about the terms […]
New family friendly law in Jersey
Amendments to employment legislation to be introduced in Jersey on 1 April 2015. With effect from 1 April 2015 (subject to States approval on 24 February), amendments described as minor changes […]
Jersey company and director each fined £6,000
Health & safety is paramount as company director Vince Wilson has expensively found out. In a recent court ruling, Mr Wilson and his company, V&S Carpenters and Builders Limited, were […]
Turkey H&S at Christmas
It’s turkey time! A recent Food Standards Agency survey showed that 62% of us will have turkey on the menu this Christmas, out of which 69% of those who choose […]
Jersey unfair dismissal qualifying period to be increased
Unfair dismissal qualifying period to be increased to 12 months from 1 January 2015 Jersey’s Social Security Minister has announced today that the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will be increased […]
LAW buys Normandie Health & Safety
Report from the Jersey Evening Post (Friday 17 October 2014) on our acquisition of Normandie’s Jersey Health & Safety business.
Discrimination: Are You Ready?
Friday 15 August 2014: JEP report on our Breakfast Briefing Business leaders advised to make staff training ‘an absolute must’ in order to be protected. For more information, please call […]
Anti-Discrimination Training Lesson 1: Eid-ul-Fitr
As part of less formal ongoing race discrimination training, we thought we’d produce some bulletins on other races and their employment/goods and services requirements for our clients. So, lesson 1 is about the festival […]
Celebrating a Decade of Advisory Excellence
Law At Work, the Channel Islands’ employment relations specialists, marked its 10th anniversary of advising Channel Island businesses in the fields of employment rights, human resources, and health and safety, […]
Press Release: New Maternity Law (Jersey)
Heidi Gibaut, Executive Director at Jersey’s leading employment relations specialists Law At Work, said: “This new law will be welcomed by those wishing to start a family, however, the pressure […]
Discrimination: in Black and White
How does one concise into a bite-size article the imminent iceberg of anti-discrimination law (or to give it its official title, the Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013) that is to become […]
CIEH Food Safety Training
CIEH Level 4 Food Safety course We are running this course on 22 July, 23 July, 30 July, 31 July and 1 August 2014. It is a 5 day course. £500 (ext GST) per attendee. […]
Race, Nationality, National Origins and Ethnicity
In September 2014, race will become the first of a number of characteristics protected under the Jersey’s new anti-discrimination law. According to the Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013, race includes – […]
The Need for Health and Safety Training
Training basically means helping someone to learn how to do something. It can also be telling someone how to do something without endangering themselves or anyone else. It may be […]
What Does Guernsey Disability Discrimination Legislation Mean for Employers?
The Disability and Inclusion Strategy At the end of November 2013, the States members debated a new Policy Council initiative called “The Disability and Inclusion Strategy”. The strategy aims to […]
“For Health and Safety Reasons”
There is no denying that health and safety is regarded as something of a joke in some quarters. This comes as no surprise when many workplace decisions, justified using the […]
Managing the Health and Safety of an Aging Workforce
The States of Jersey have predicted that there will be a 95% increase in the number of people over the age of 65 in the next 30 years and, in […]
Managing the Causes of Work-related Stress
For local business the latest annual report from the Health and Safety Inspectorate can make depressing reading with a reported increase in benefit claims due to workplace stress increasing from […]
Employment Law Issues Won’t go Away
Employment Law has come a long way in the 100 years the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (“CIPD”) has been in existence. However, in Jersey, the majority of the […]
Quick Q&A with the HR team at Law At Work
Q: What’s the best part of your job? Laura: The variety. No two days are ever the same when you are dealing with so many different companies across all sectors […]
The Least Considered Element of a Safe System of Work?
The Health and Safety at Work (Jersey) Law, 1989, requires that, as Employers, we provide our staff with safe systems of work. Quite simply, work procedures that do not expose anyone […]
Quick Q&A with the H&S team at Law At Work
Q: What’s the best part of your job? Paddy: Going to so many diverse companies, and meeting clients, many of whom I consider colleagues and friends. Cara: Like Paddy, I […]
