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  1. Accessible Workplaces: or how to include everyone

    So, does a Display Screen come under 'inclusive' or 'accessible' as it does if accessed via the web ? Accepting public multi-user display screens, as perhaps found in a library or internet cafe', will fall outside 'reasonably practicable' interventions in terms of easily adjustment or custom calibration. Yet for those spending up to eight hours of their work...

    Comment | 19 Dec 2007

  2. Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth

    ...RmATION others' abuse of the law," Keith Robson felt that "Panorama missed the opportunity to contribute in a constructive manner; the programme was simply `Panoramic Paranoia' on a subject they don't understand." Richard Burrows felt an important message is that health and safety needs to be more accessible: "I think we'd be more successful if we concerned ourselves with simplifying our message rather than enhancing our professional status." Concluded Workplace Law's David Sharp: "I think Panorama has added to the overall debate, which is a good thing in getting us talking about the subject area in a ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

  3. Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill

    ...sultants'. To be eligible to join the register, individual consultants will need to be either Chartered members of the safety bodies IOSH, CIEH or REHIS or a Fellow of the IIRSM. 30807 MARCh 2011 A consultation on consolidating the current raft of health and safety legislation into a single set of accessible regulations is planned for March 2011. In his Review of Health and Safety, Lord Young recommended that "the current raft of health and safety regulations is reviewed in order to consolidate them into a single set of accessible regulations. There is evidence that there has been significant regulatio...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  4. Workplace Law welcomes Lord Young's review of health and safety

    ...he recommendations in the Report are just that ­ recommendations ­ but worth highlighting and keeping in mind for the future. Health and safety legislation is over complicated and unfocused Lord Young: `The current raft of health and safety regulations should be consolidated into a single set of accessible regulations.' The Review suggests consolidating every single health and safety regulation into one set of `accessible' regulations. Many of our clients often express confusion over where to access relevant and pertinent health and safety information and advice. The Government has recently moved all...

    News analysis | 15 Nov 2010

  5. Changes to Workplace Law Magazine

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network New legislation But equal treatment for all? New Look MaGaziNe SEPT/OCT 2009 Issue 50 God's green earth Partner profile Meet Chris Hoar, DG at the Facilities Management Association. Body of evidence How PHS Datashr...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009

  6. 48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max

    ... such an arrangement seems, in itself, to justify the shift qualifying as working time. It remains to be seen, however, whether the EP's preference for this general principle succeeds over the Council's compromise position. 9 The IOSH Managing Safely Certificate course is the UK's most popular and accessible course for anyone who needs health and safety training. 2009 course dates London and Cambridge 23­26 February 2009, London 16­19 March 2009, London 23­26 March 2009, Cambridge 20­23 April 2009, London "The uncertainty and inconvenience of being on-call seems, in itself, to justify the shift q...

    Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009

  7. Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how

    ...'landed' on people's desks ­ it certainly did that!" preference or really a necessity. All issues of the magazine are available to premium members online -- including the backlist, right back to the first issue. And we've made every issue fully searchable online, to help make the content even more accessible. Workplace Law Magazine has been highly commended by the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) in 2005 and 2006 for its success in integrating printed and online media. We have been shortlisted again in 2008, and by the time you read this we should know whether we have won or not. By producing la...

    Magazine issue | 13 May 2008

  8. Have we binned your Workplace Law Magazine?

    ...for business if we don't act now. Page 5 A living wage: Why paying the lowest wages isn't the best option. Page 13 Sustainable Workplaces Week: How businesses can work towards a sustainable future. Page 15 Plus: Technical guidance | The data Comment and more ... Find out inside ... Sustainable workplaces: n Why do I need to concern myself with sustainability? n What can I do to make sure my business is sustainable? n Why is sustainability to do with more than just the environment? n How can sustainable practices save my business time and money? The business, social and environmental case Contributi...

    Magazine issue | 7 Apr 2008

  9. Migrant workers 'may be at risk' from lack of workplace communication

    Migrant workers in the UK may be at risk from illness, injuries or even death at work due to a language barrier and a lack of safety training, according to a report released by the TUC today. The report, Safety and Migrant Workers, also contains a warning that some rogue employers are likely to be cutting ...

    News | 28 Jun 2007

  10. Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business

    ...requiring any assistance or additional facilities is tiny ­ perhaps ten people each year that we are aware of in many thousands of visits. Nonetheless, we have improved our toilet facilities, motorised the doors into the conference centre (also Listed), improved our hearing loops, made our website accessible and started to think about employing more staff. Easy! Except that we have to pay them, and we are a charity. Disability and fire regulations are the legal equivalent of motherhood and apple pie. Challenging the legislation on the grounds that adaptations are expensive is fruitless and politically ...

    Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007

  11. Old git, or still work fit?

    workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace FEBRUARY 2006 ISSUE 14 Taking the p*ss Are you testing employees' urine? A waste of energy New legal duties to switch it off! Old git Or still work-fit? Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 ­ interactive business and professional Highly comm...

    Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006

  12. Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?

    ... disability rights will come into effect under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. The 2005 Act makes a number of amendments to the DDA 1995 and extends the scope, range, application and duties imposed by that Act. Further information can be found in Workplace Law's Disability: Making Buildings Accessible Special Report, third edition. For details see page 10. Kelly Mansfeild E. kelly.mansfield@workplacelaw.net Cover image: Jules Dann/istockphoto.com Highly commended in the PPA Magazines 2005 Awards - Interactive business and professional magazine of the year workplacelaw 5 LEGAL CALENDAR Impor...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005

  13. Workplace Law competence survey - Does being a member of certain body make you more competent?

    At the end of August Workplace Law sent out a '£20 if you can prove you're competent' survey; we had some excellent responses and would like to thank everyone who took part. The November issue of Workplace Law Magazine includes a full analysis of the survey and examines the issue of competency in both health and safe...

    Comment | 2 Nov 2006

  14. Workplace Law competence survey - what makes you personally competent?

    At the end of August Workplace Law sent out a '£20 if you can prove you're competent' survey; we had some excellent responses and would like to thank everyone who took part. The November issue of Workplace Law Magazine includes a full analysis of the survey and examines the issue of competency in both health and safe...

    Comment | 2 Nov 2006

  15. 2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead

    ...deliberately informal affair, providing delegates with ample opportunity to discuss the day's subject matter with their colleagues or to network into the evening. The Robinson Executive Centre is based at the Wyboston Lakes site, just off the A1 about 15 miles west of Cambridge. The venue is easily accessible by car, with plenty of free parking, and by train from London Kings Cross (about 50 mins) and from Peterborough. Luton and Stansted airports are both within easy driving distance. Wyboston Lakes has a leisure centre and golf course, and its relaxed surroundings provide a pleasant backdrop for takin...

    Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004

  16. Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?

    ...for example, forms of disfigurement. People with these types of disability can be just as capable of entering a building as an ablebodied person, but may have unique requirements when it comes to accessing the service itself. The reality, as our research inside shows, is that services aren't always accessible to those with disfigurements or other types of disability. The winning formula, when it comes to compliance, is much more about a really first-class customer-service approach and much less about physical adjustments. And that's what's really at the heart of the DDA ­ an open attitude and a belief ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004

  17. ETs on the rise

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network on the rise But there are ways to navigate the Employment Tribunal process ETs inside this issue SEP/OCT 2010 Issue 56 Comment: Prevention is better than cure. Page 9 After the dRA: How retirement procedures may h...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010

  18. Majority oppose Workplace Parking Levy

    A survey by the BBC has suggested that only 20% of people support the Workplace Parking Levy (WPL), which is being introduced in Nottingham in 2012. Nottingham is the first council in the UK to proceed with the scheme, which will see employers with ten or more liable parking spaces charged £253 per year for every space. The survey of 750 people found that ...

    News | 29 Mar 2010

  19. PTS "the forgotten side effect of workplace tragedy"

    ...to step into this role as long as the company arranges continuous 1 month supervision for me. The HR manager refused this and suggested to me it doesn’t work (talking therapy today has been given a massive boost in England, to the tune of hundreds of millions, by the government to make it more accessible through the GP service to intervene at an earlier stage of mental health) and has opted for issuing a telephone number should anyone need it. As I said WHO is qualified to see signs? And why give the power to block access to some uneducated individuals that are in a position that is supposed to ...

    Comment | 2 Feb 2011

  20. CDM special

    workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace MARCH 2007 ISSUE 25 CDM lients o Revised construction regulations will constructio on t dirty y! mean clients have to get their feet dirty! ore Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 & 2006 -- interactive business and professional Highly comme...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2007

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