Our Locations | James fisher and Sons plc

Energy | James Fisher and Sons plc

Shareholder centre | James Fisher and Sons plc

Our people | James Fisher and Sons plc

Early Careers | James Fisher and Sons plc

Sustainability | James Fisher and Sons plc

RNS news | James Fisher and Sons plc

Be ScamSmart | James Fisher and Sons plc

Our approach | James Fisher and Sons plc

Governance | James Fisher and Sons plc

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Our Locations \| James fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/contact-us/our-locations/	13
	Energy \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/our-markets/energy/	1
	Shareholder centre \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/investors/shareholder-centre/	1
	Our people \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/our-people/	1
	Early Careers \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/our-people/early-careers/	1
	Sustainability \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/our-approach/sustainability/	1
	RNS news \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/investors/rns-news/	1
	Be ScamSmart \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/investors/be-scamsmart/	1
	Our approach \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/our-approach/	1
	Governance \| James Fisher and Sons plcwww.james-fisher.com/investors/governance/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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