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We are receiving a very high volume of enquiries from women who have had Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants, and are worried about their...

A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health has exposed the level of danger from asbestos in Britain’s schools. The report...

        1. At least 500,000 people will be denied justice The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will deny legal...

Leeds West MP, Rachel Reeves has joined forces with asbestos campaigner and leading trade union lawyer, Jamie Hanley, to urge the Government to think again...

From 6th April 2012, a number of changes come into effect: the 1 year qualifying period for ‘normal’ Unfair Dismissal protection increases to 2 years...

  The Government has accepted the independent Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendations for this year’s National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates.   The following rates will...

The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) welcomes yesterday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court (in the case of Joan Eddleston versus the Excess Insurance, MMI,...

The government has admitted that a 2010 act designed to help people gain compensation for industrial diseases is unlikely to be implemented until 2013. The...

An Equity member has accepted £17,500 compensation for substantial injuries to her knee after she tripped on a backstage step that had been added without...