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Self-employment crackdown: taxman pledges to go ahead
The government has pledged to implement new rules on self-employment in construction, but only “when the industry is in a stronger position”.
Balfour Beatty wins first case in blacklisting scandal
The Employment Tribunal has found in favour of Balfour Beatty in the first blacklisting case to be tried following the Information Commissioner’s probe into the practice within construction firms.
Contractor fined £3.5k after employee 'buried alive'
A Cambridgeshire groundwork contractor has been fined £3,500 after a worker was buried alive in an excavation collapse.
Redcar case could set green space precedent
Campaigners hoping to save a seafront open space in Redcar from a £55m housing development have won a landmark victory at the Supreme Court.
Bill "for British workers" proposed
An attempt to make sure that major public works employ only British workers has been launched by a Labour MP in the Commons.
Northumbrian Water fined £34k after worker crashed by vehicle
Northumbrian Water has been ordered to pay more than £34,000 in fines and costs after an employee was crushed between the loading bucket and cab of a skid steer loader.
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Corporate manslaughter trial delayed over company director's health
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CBUK recoups £3m from Multiplex
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First corporate manslaughter case set to begin
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Jailed ex-Welsh Slate executives' assets confiscated
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New rules pave way for tower crane register
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CBUK appeal halves amount owed to Multiplex over Wembley
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Developer and contractor fined £25k over 'shocking' fatal fall
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Castle Cement fined £250k over health dangers
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Hundreds of workers walk off Staythorpe site in row over safety
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Demolition firms fined £115k over Paddington demolition fatality
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Carillion fined £185k after worker hit by truck suffers life-threatening injuries
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Client and contractor fined £22k after worker suffers two fractured vertebrae
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Culdaff board banned after probe
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Female remains unearthed at Manchester site 'highly suspicious', police say
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Twelve arrested in £2m construction fraud investigation
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Shepherd fined £20k over cherry picker collapse at Trinity Square
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Protests outside offices of Alstom and Lord Mandelson over wage 'undercutting'
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Docklands Light Railway extension fatality 'an accident'
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Firm fined over fatal ladder fall
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Government abandons planned reforms to limitation periods
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Developer banned from leading firms after housing collapse
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Decision on Dooley v Balfour Beatty blacklisting case within 4 weeks
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Council liable in dispute over home collapse
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Balfour Beatty in blacklisting tribunal
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Dispute erupts over Staythorpe power station workers' pay gap
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Balfour Beatty faces employment tribunal over blacklisted worker claim
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Welsh contractor fined £80k after young worker killed in digger accident
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Fined firm whose building collapsed had 'no construction plan'
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Willmott Dixon, Styles&Wood and M&S face court over asbestos charges
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Payment row erupts over Dubai Metro works
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Contractor fined £4.5k after worker crushed by telehandler
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2010 PREVIEW: Courting controversy
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Cube developer ordered to pay £1.2m
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Lancashire firm fined £16k after worker suffers fractured skull
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Firms fined £280k after man crushed by crate on Shell refurb job
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Employer fined £3.5k after worker fall
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Cumbrian Industrials fined after M6 death
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Contractor loses chance to appeal OFT fine after postal error
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Firm fined over asbestos exposure
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MPs urged to tighten blacklisting plans
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Judge warns of surge in enforcements
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PRE-BUDGET: Self-employment responses to be published in the New Year
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Welsh Water loses appeal against Barratt Homes in sewerage row
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PJ Carey ordered to pay £154k after worker fatally hit by telehandler
Indepth
Bribery: To plea or not to plea?
The Serious Fraud Office recently published long-awaited guidance outlining how it intends to treat corporates who “self report” instances of bribery and corruption.
Insolvency and pay when paid clauses
The Construction Act 1996, with one exception, delivered a death blow to pay when paid clauses in construction subcontracts. That exception is when the employer becomes insolvent by the time the clause is sought to be invoked. By Mark Roach
What happens when the adjudicator’s decision is unsatisfactory?
What happens when the adjudicator gives reasons for his decision but they are not to the parties’ satisfaction either because the adjudicator “missed” a bit - or the reasons are just plain unsatisfactory? By Louise Shiels
Insolvency and pay when paid clauses
The Construction Act 1996, with one exception, delivered a death blow to pay when paid clauses in construction subcontracts. That exception is when the employer becomes insolvent by the time the clause is sought to be invoked. By Mark Roach
