Directors' responsibilities

Company directors are primarily responsible for the management of their companies and, generally, their duties are owed to the company. However, they also owe duties to the owners as a whole. In addition, they have responsibilities in respect of t...


Disability

A person is held to be disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. ‘Long-term’ is considered to be for more than 12 m...


Display screen equipment

Display Screen Equipment (DSE) is the term used to define electronic devices used at work, such as computers, laptops and handheld devices. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 state that DSE includes “any alphan...