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Legal action launched against UK insurer after South African workers claim the company sought to evade labour laws
A group of former South African insurance industry workers have launched legal action against UK-based insurance company Business Insurance Solutions Limited (BISL) and its former chairman, entrepreneur Paul Steffens, accusing them of bullying, and forcing them out of their jobs when they tried to assert their labour rights.
Widow appeals for help after lab technician dies from asbestos cancer
The widow of a laboratory technician who worked across London is appealing to his former colleagues for information following his death from mesothelioma.
Daniel Ryan, 50, died of pneumonia, alone in police cell with insufficient welfare checks
Daniel Ryan, aged 50, died in police custody at Southwick Police Station in Sunderland where a jury concluded that medical care was not obtained due to insufficient welfare checks.
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