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Care organisations reminded to risk assess following death of 90-year-old
The HSE has this week issued a warning to health and social care employers to ensure that risk assessments are carried out to determine the suitability of equipment used in everyday tasks. The warning follows an incident that occurred on 25 March 2006 in the Elderly Directorate of Moseley Hall Hospital. Two auxiliary nurses were transferring 90-year old Alice Be...
Case | 2 Dec 2008
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...secuted over minimum wage n Man who filed tribunal paperwork 88 seconds late has claim thrown out 16 THE RISING COST OF EMPLOYEES Employing people just got more expensive, with rises in the minimum wage, increased holiday entitlement and extended maternity/paternity rights. Small companies such as care agency Acme Care are now left wondering "how am I going to afford this?" TECHNICAL 32 LEGAL UPDATE In-depth technical guidance on: musculoskeletal disorders, the Single Equality Act, and recovering staff costs in litigation. 24 PREMIUM CONTENT Workplace Law Network premium members now have free a...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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Soap star: The hygiene special issue
...ried from the washroom to the rest of the workplace. our advisors often receive questions about risk assessing products where they know staff might suffer from an allergic reaction, such as these sensitised to latex. the supply of liquid and solid soap is an issue where employers need to be equally careful. this month, Dr Chris Flower, Director general of the Cosmetics, toiletry and perfumery association explains the process a soap product has to go through to make it to workplaces and how the Cosmetics Directive moderates ingredients that could cause reactions (p. 20). another question from a Wor...
Magazine issue | 3 Mar 2009
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ETs on the rise
...ch employers and employees alike, so it really isn't surprising that, during the past year, Employment Tribunal cases have risen from 151,000 to 236,100 a 56% increase on the previous year. Letting staff go, whatever the reason redundancy, poor performance or gross misconduct requires some careful management, but no matter how carefully you follow your personnel procedures, an employee may still feel they've been discriminated against in some way. As employment lawyer, Anna Youngs, points out in the feature on Employment Tribunals (p.18), litigation always increases when times are hard, b...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010
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The Diversity Dilemma
...ation call our membership team on 0871 777 8881 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical or otherwise without the prior permission in writing from the publishers. Although great care has been taken in the compilation and preparation of Workplace Law Magazine to ensure accuracy, neither the publishers nor any of the contributors can in any circumstances accept responsibility for errors, omissions or advice given in this publication. Furthermore, this publication is intended for ...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...ation call our membership team on 0871 777 8881 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical or otherwise without the prior permission in writing from the publishers. Although great care has been taken in the compilation and preparation of Workplace Law Magazine to ensure accuracy, neither the publishers nor any of the contributors can in any circumstances accept responsibility for errors, omissions or advice given in this publication. Furthermore, this publication is intended for ...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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Evacuation versus invacuation
...ation call our membership team on 0871 777 8881 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical or otherwise without the prior permission in writing from the publishers. Although great care has been taken in the compilation and preparation of Workplace Law Magazine to ensure accuracy, neither the publishers nor any of the contributors can in any circumstances accept responsibility for errors, omissions or advice given in this publication. Furthermore, this publication is intended for ...
Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008
