As latest figures reveal that 26 people in Exeter died from the asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma between 2010 and 2014, campaigners urge for more help for sick and dying workers. Exeter has the 66th highest mortality rate in England and Wales for the disease at 5.5 deaths per 100,000 people. The average rate for England and Wales is 4.4 deaths per 100,000 people. “Mesothelioma is a legacy of Britain’s industrial heritage,” said Jonathan Wheeler, president of not-for-profit group the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) which campaigns for the rights of exposed workers and...
Research released today (29 July) reveals that people in the South West find having difficult conversations tougher at work than at home.
The research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) shows their top three tricky conversation topics are all work-related. Residents of the South West find it hardest to talk about negative feedback on work performance (34%) followed by pay (30%) and then tackling a colleague’s inappropriate behaviour (28%). This compares to personal topics like sex (12%), relationship break ups (17%) and money (19%), which the public feels are...
There are millions of offices all around the world, with tens of millions of workers in them, but they all have one thing in common: the annoying colleague.
Exeter’s office workers find a colleague whining to be the most annoying workplace habit, a new study reveals, although only 29% are prepared to do anything to try and stop the problem.
Although just under 30% of workers stated that their colleague’s behaviour had made them consider leaving, only 2% of South West had actually followed through with the decision – a lower figure than the national trend of a 5% leaving...
A survey of working age adults has found that almost 3 quarters of the population are aware of automatic enrolment, the flagship government policy which just last week marked the milestone of seeing 4 million people brought into workplace pension schemes.
It follows an advertising push by the government to encourage people to save more for the future, featuring well known business figures including Dragons’ Den investor Theo Paphitis and vice-chairman of West Ham United and The Apprentice star Karren Brady.
The poll, conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Department for...
According to recent research, we spend more than 100,000 hours of our lives at work.
This is why we need to work in spaces that stimulate creativity and districts that excite us, with teams that support our ideas and bosses that inspire us.
Employees and business leaders in Exeter are being asked to nominate their office location in a unique search that will identify the very best business district and locations in the UK.
Can Exeter compete with the likes of London’s Shoreditch, Manchester’s prime business district Spinningfields or in Edinburgh’s New Town, which...
Businesses and individuals wanting to learn more about supporting and benefitting staff with autism are invited to attend a special breakfast seminar with the Brain-in-Hand team on Friday 28 June 2013, from 8:30am to 10:30am. One of the UK’s leading experts on autism, Robyn Steward, will be speaking at a free event including a question and answer session and networking. The event will provide an opportunity to network; learn about the latest technology available to support businesses; and to hear first-hand from an experienced speaker and adult on the autistic spectrum. The seminar is open...
All businesses in the UK are legally required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their employees. This includes a duty to control workplace stress: if an employee develops a stress-related illness as a result of a 'reasonably foreseeable incident', the employer may be held liable. ‘Foreseeability’ depends on what the employer knows (or reasonably ought to know) about the member of staff. While the onus is on the employee to bring matters to the employer's attention, employers themselves will be in breach of duty if they have failed to take the steps which are considered reasonable...
Half a million people in the South West last year gave their employers £4,500 worth of work for free, according to a TUC survey released today, the ninth annual Work Your Proper Hours Day.
The study of official figures shows that 447,063 workers in the region regularly put in six and a half hours a week more than their contracted hours without getting paid for it.
Nigel Costley, regional secretary of the South West TUC, said: “Thousands of South West workers go above and beyond the call of duty each year to ensure their businesses and organisations stay afloat.
Detectives from the major crime investigation team have launched a murder investigation after a 76-year-old man was found dead at a flat in Devonport.
Police were called to an address in Granby Way, Devonport, at approximately 12.10pm on Thursday 7th February 2013, after there was concern for the welfare of a local resident.
On police arrival the male resident appeared deceased inside a flat within Marlborough House. Ambulance staff attended and paramedics pronounced the man deceased at the scene.
The man, aged 76, has been named as Michael Brincat of Marlborough...
