All People Risks articles – Page 20
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Online onlyEmployers face jail for failing to check on illegal workers
Under new laws employers will be subject to a criminal offence if they knowingly employ illegal migrant workers
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AnalysisHow to respond to a reputation in crisis?
What is the likely business impact of a security breach? And how can businesses respond when the worst happens? Nathan Skinner reports on a recent seminar for risk managers
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AnalysisGuarding against the rogue element
Tax authorities allegedly paid an informant to supply information about customers at a Lichtenstein bank. Calum Macleod asks what can be done to protect information from rogue activities
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AnalysisMore job applicants tell fibs
Lying on CVs continues to be a serious risk for employers, according to the latest study
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AnalysisElevated risk in half the world's large economies
In 25 of the 50 largest global economies, multinational organisations face elevated political and economic risks
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Online onlyFacebook application released to help employees communicate securely
WorkLight says corporates now have a secure environment to use Facebook at work
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Online onlyWildfire leaves contaminated properties
Recent testing of structures and land reveals hidden dangers to property owners, months after California wildfires are extinguished
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FeaturesDriving an integrated approach to governance risk and compliance
If people responsible for compliance are operating within silos, there may well be areas of neglect, warns Paul Pilkington
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Online onlyHSE prosecution was a 'waste of taxpayers' money
Hatton Traffic Management has lashed out at the HSE after being cleared of blame over an accident in which two of its workers died
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School charges teacher with workers compensation fraud
A US teacher has been charged with falsifying medical disability slips
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Online onlyUK employer medical costs expected to rise by 8 % in 2008
Watson Wyatt survey finds 71 % of respondents expect higher medical cost trends over the next five years
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Online onlyNURS warns directors of health & safety duties
42% of companies surveyed did not have a director with formal health & safety qualifications
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AnalysisTerrorism risk foresight
A report on political risk finds that the battlegrounds of the war on terror continue to dominate global risk trends
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Online onlyAlliance applauds construction site spot checks
Risk broker reacts to news that HSE will make a series of construction site spot checks
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Online onlyUK consumer confidence continues to fall
Consumer confidence falls four points in Nationwide index
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Online onlyUS bank teller convicted of fraud scheme
A junior bank clerk from Maryland defrauded Chevy Chase Bank of $276,424
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Online onlyBA crash passengers may seek compensation: law firm
Passengers of the British Airways Boeing 777 that crash landed at Heathrow airport last month may seek claims against the airline
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Online onlyTraining not enough to prevent back strain: TUC
The union calls on employers to reduce the weight of objects their employees lift manually
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Online onlyEU toughens up on employment discrimination
Commission sends ‘reasoned opinions’ to 11 member states that have not implemented the Employment Equality Directive
