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Agency worker law might not protect most agency workers
If agency workers were given the same rights as full time employees after a year - as the CBI has argued for - then three quarters of agency workers would still be excluded from protection, a new report has revealed. The study, Agency working in the UK: what do we know?, has been conducted by academics fro...
News | 8 May 2008
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Internships – Are you breaking the law?
...OCUS Reflecting Network members' views on the Workplace Law site during the past weeks. 10 FM, HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGAL UPDATE Red Tape Challenge website launched; Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 implemented; and building planning proposals in the 2011 Budget. 32 AGENT OF CHANGE The new Agency Workers' Regulations come into force at the beginning of October. But employers and agencies must be ready for the change, warns Michael Delaney. 42 FIRE DAMAGE Three fire service managers have been charged with manslaughter over the deaths of four firefighters in a warehouse blaze. Clive Raybould...
Magazine issue | 3 May 2011
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Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how
...find it easy to get their voices heard in Europe, smaller companies have been neglected for far too long, which is why he wants to develop a lightertouch regime in the form of the Small Businesses Act. 14426 As of June 2008, the part of the REACh Regulations that establishes the European Chemicals Agency will become operational. Suppliers will be obliged to carry out an inventory and identify where in the supply chain the chemicals come from. 13241 www.workplacelaw.net/training/ display/id/64 Call 0871 777 8881 to book your places. 13 May Europe's largest annual health and safety exhibition will ...
Magazine issue | 13 May 2008
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
...e employees, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has decided. 11761 An Oxfordshire company has been ordered to pay more than £24,000 at Bicester Magistrates' Court for failing to recover and recycle packaging waste. The company pleaded guilty to 15 offences of failing to register with the Environment Agency as a producer of packaging, and to failing to meet its requirements to recover and recycle packaging waste between 1999 and 2005. 11713 USI Group Ltd has been fined £10,500 for not protecting warehouse employees from health and safety risks.Two accidents forced Salford's Environmental Health Team...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...onsultants are being invited to sign up to a new independent register, intended to become a new benchmark for standards in the profession. Continental rifts Violence, bullying and harassment are becoming increasingly common features of European workplaces, according to a new report by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Yet the response from organisations and national governments is widely felt to be inadequate. 32595 Employers urged to give more guidance on green issues Employers could do more to inform staff about simple ways to improve environmental performance at work, according...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...e to provide advice in the built environment, argues Jim Taylor, NRAC Access Consultant. In association with: eMPLoyMeNt uPdate 13 NEWS Warning to seek legal or HR advice before making staff redundant; inquiry considers the representation and treatment of women in finance; and concerns at cost of Agency Workers Directive. 22 fULLER IDEAS Claire Fuller, former Workplace Law Magazine editor, talks to Sara Bean about her time at Workplace Law and how volunteering at the Scottish Refugee Council has helped her appreciation of UK employment laws and civil liberties. 38 DIARy Coming soon from Workplac...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
...odifications) Regulations are due to come into force, removing several legislative form filling requirements that currently apply to most businesses operating from a factory, office or shop (and certain railway premises) in the UK. The Regulations would introduce no new requirements. 15974 All gas workers have to be signed up to the newly-named Gas Safe Register from 1 April 2009 under a new gas safety scheme. This replaces the requirement for all gas workers to be registered with CORGI. The scheme is overseen by the HSE. 17849 Despite concerns it would be postponed because of the economic downtur...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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Have we binned your Workplace Law Magazine?
...ALTH PROBLEMS Employers and managers are already coping with hot weather and floods; however, it is the potential health problems global warming could cause that paint the real `worst case scenario' picture. The possible health effects of climate change have been researched by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the Department of Health. Their report, which takes into account the latest information and current predictions about climate change in the UK, suggests that higher temperatures will cause an increase risk to health -- and, one of those risks is malaria, which could return to the South of...
Magazine issue | 7 Apr 2008
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
... and both polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. 6214 This year's European Week for Health and Safety will focus on the issues of young workers. According to European statistics young workers suffer from a 40% higher than average accident rate. The Agency aims to raise awareness of the safety and health risks young workers face and of the actions necessary to reduce them. On 1 October new asbestos regulations will come into force. The draft regulations will repeal and replace the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002, the Asbestos (Licensing...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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The Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive: where are we now?
...titled to redundancy and unfair dismissal protection like that enjoyed by permanent employees; and those entitlements would possibly cut in from day 1 (or at least from week 6) of the temp’s engagement. Tarlo Lyons has long said to clients that they should not worry about the Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive until it happens. Recent developments In September Gunter Verheugen, the EU Enterprise Commissioner, announced plans to shelve a number of bureaucratic initiatives in a bid to cut red tape. It now looks like the Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive may be part of this move, w...
News | 28 Nov 2005
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It’s a WRAP
...ce Law, talks to Sara Bean about Th!nk FM, the end of the printed magazine, and plans to establish the first Workplace Law international office. eMPLOyMent uPdate 13 NEWS Changes to unfair dismissal rules are announced, along with plans to charge for Tribunal claims, and a warning issued regarding agency workers tips. teChniCaL 38 THE DATA HEALTH AND SAFETY: A case in which a major retailer was fined £1m for asbestos offences highlights 45 END NOTE Judith Elliott, the Director of eltalking, on dealing with poor performance calmly and fairly. 46 DIARY Coming soon from Workplace Law. 24 BETTER B...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011
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A new age?
...rewhella assesses the implications of recent religious discrimination cases. Page 24 Virtual office Out with the old Suzanne McMinn with HR guidance on the end of the Default Retirement Age. Page 30 Comment: Those breaching safety rules must pay their way, says the HSE. Page 9 Legal update: The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 finally come into force in October. Page 16 Plus: News and case round up of the leading FM, health and safety and HR stories ... Social networking has grown faster than the policies to control it, says Roger Byard. Page 27 workplace law health and safety Accredited Cent...
Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011
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Survival of the fit note?
...e explosion and fire at its Bacton gas terminal in Norfolk in 2008. The explosion blew the concrete roof off a buffering tank within the plant, hurling concrete and metal debris over a large area and sucking a nearby drain out of the ground. After investigating the incident, the HSE and Environment Agency jointly prosecuted the firm over safety, environmental control and pollutionprevention failures at the plant leading to the explosion. The court heard that it was fortunate that, at the time of the explosion, daytime plant personnel were returning to offices to prepare for shift handovers, and the ...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill
...AW Three firms fined £75,500 for packaging offences; construction firm prosecuted for blacklisting; and £300,000 fine for radiation breach. 2427 January 2011, London 2124 February 2011, London 710 March 2011, Cambridge 2124 March 2011, London 27 ThE FULL FORCE OF ThE LAW The Environment Agency in England and Wales will start using new civil sanctions for environmental breaches in 2011. Alex Davies explains what this could mean for employers. 09 COMMENT The resignation of Lord Young will not deter the Government's plans to review health and safety says Richard Jones, IOSH Policy and Tech...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
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ETs on the rise
... of deducting money from the workers exactly mimicked the methods used at Ms Baptista's previous business. West Lancashire MP, Rosie Cooper, said: "No one should be exploited in such a greeddriven and cynical way. These practices belong to history, not in the 21st Century." 29733 Health Protection Agency exposed staff to E.coli The HPA has been fined £25,000 for exposing several employees to the risk of infection of E. coli O157. Staff were working at the Centre for Infections in Colindale when an amount of the bacteria spilled on to the floor of the site waste discard facility, as it was being di...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010
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The world in your hands?
...s or equipment; however, insurance cannot protect against all possible risks. This is of particular consideration with regards to geographical location, for instance some areas may be more prone to flooding and the effects of sea-level change than others, making them less insurable. The Environment Agency reported that the 2007 flooding in the UK led to 180,000 insurance claims, totalling over £3bn, and affecting businesses in various ways. For instance, as reported by CBI (2009), businesses lost short-term computing capacity and long-held data when network servers were damaged by flood waters. Ann...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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The Diversity Dilemma
...age - 90% 05 EDITORIAL The diversity dilemma. 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in winter 2009. hEALTh AND sAfETY uPDATE 07 NEWS "Stress epidemic" not caused by working conditions; and news on European Week for Safety and Health at Work. 24 15 COMMENT While the passing of the Agency Workers Directive has been seen as a defeat for business, it could spell the end of the flexible workforce, says Rebecca McGuirk. timely update on the legal issues to consider when drafting or reviewing your alcohol and drugs policy. 22 HSE: Two fatalities occurred from Carbon Monoxide poisoning a...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
...Ltd has also been charged with failing to discharge a duty contrary to Section 33 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Eaton will appear at Stroud Magistrates' Court on 17 June and faces charges both as an individual and on behalf of the company. 19863 31 July The consultation on the EU Agency Workers Directive (which requires agency workers to receive the same pay and conditions as permanent staff) and how it will be implemented in the UK comes to a close. 20189 a-Z Use the Regulation finder for further information on any of the above legislation, visit www.workplacelaw.net/news/regul...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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2009: new beginnings
...he Workplace Law Network 2009: new beginnings Including our essential guide to workplace regulation in the New Year NEW YEAR spEciAl issUE DECEMBER 08/JANUARY 09 Issue 43 Energy performance certificates: The biggest challenge of 2008? Page 22 Death of the temp Why new laws threaten the future of agency workers. Page 16 put through the grinder The year of workplace wellbeing? Dispute resolution procedure in focus. Page 28 Technical: Business immigration rules simplified. Page 29 plus: Legal calendar | Comment Case reports | The data | Clinic Partner profile and more ... Dame Carol Black answer...
Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008
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Reality bites: managing in a recession
... and 16278 Restriction of Chemicals (REACh) comes to an end on 1 December 2008. REACH, the new EU chemicals regulation, requires that chemical substances manufactured in, or imported to, the EU, in annual quantities of one tonne or more per company, have to be registered with the European Chemicals Agency. 16810 An hSE campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos exposure draws to a close. Throughout the drive the HSE will encourage tradesmen to find out more about asbestos and appropriate health and safety precautions. 16818 Use the Regulation finder for further information on any of th...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
