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  1. Construction health and safety reviews essential, warns HSE

    Construction companies have been warned to keep health and safety under constant review throughout the life of a project. The warning comes after Sellafield Ltd and P C Richardson & Co. (Middlesbrough) Ltd (demolition contractors) were fined after pleading guilty at Carlisle Crown Court to charges brought by H...

    Case | 25 Nov 2008

  2. Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?

    ...e efforts to register with us should not be concerned about facing fines." According to the Environment Agency, the top ten sectors affected by the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme will be: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Engineering Plastics / chemicals Public sector Packaging / paper / board Estates / construction / real estate Hotels / restaurants Steel Food manufacturing Retail Printing In general, a public sector entity designated as a `public authority' under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 and the Freedom of Information (FOI(S)) Act (Scotland) 2002 will participate in the CRC on the basis of ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

  3. Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act

    ...as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. © Workplace Law Group 2009 www.workplacelaw.net 7 Cdm regulations WoRkShop Central London tuesday, 20 october 2009 LAtESt INfoRmAtIoN oN: The requirements of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 The role of the CDM Coordinator (CDMC) Managing contractors The requirements of Pre-Construction Health and Safety information and the Construction phase plan Understanding the concept of Construction (Design and Management) Comment | Is modern technolo...

    Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009

  4. Directors' responsibilities for health and safety

    ...al Asda Stores Balfour Beatty British Institute of Facilities Management Casella Winton Centre for Corporate Accountability CMS Cameron McKenna Computer Exchange Disability Rights Commission East West Developments Employment Relations Solicitors EMS Consulting Endemol UK plc Enron Eversheds Farrans Construction Ltd Greenwoods HSE Keymark Services MacRoberts Martineau Johnson MG Rover Group Ltd Micromuse Ltd Mills & Reeve Morrison Construction Services Ltd MRUK Research Nabarro Nathanson Network Appliance North of England Zoological Society Osborne Clarke Railtrack Royal National Institute for Deaf People ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2005

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

    ...thrown out of court when the judge held that there was "not a shred of evidence that there was anything to be criticised in the actions of the defendants". Two large engineering companies were being tried under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) and Regulation 10 of the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 (CHSWR) for failing to ensure the safety of a worker who died during the dismantling of a temporary working platform in the River Thames in November 2002. The deceased contravened safety procedures when he climbed out of a guardrailed area carrying heav...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

  6. Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it

    ...igator Taf Powell. Buncefield and your business: the lessons that all businesses can learn. Page 30 Legal update: REACH and facilities management. Page 26 plus: Legal calendar | Comment The data | Clinic | Client focus Case law and more ... Page 7 Page 22 Page 20 Contents Let's talk safety & health In this issue ... LaTEsT 05 EDITORIAL Responsible for training? At 6.03 a.m. on 11 December 2005, journalist Colin Campbell was live on BBC News 24."I actually can just tell you that I've heard a very, very large explosion just behind me a few seconds ago," he says, turning round to see if he c...

    Magazine issue | 5 May 2009

  7. Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic

    ...p discussions will cover everything facilities managers need to know about in 2008. Seminars include a timely legal update on recently introduced health and safety legislation, and a preview of regulation likely to come into force in 2008; the top ten no-nos of fire risk assessment; and sustainable construction and the FM, explaining the need for FMs to embrace resource-efficient construction and arguing the business case for sustainability. It's our biggest and best conference ever, with big savings for Workplace Law Network members and members of the BIFM, FMA and RICS. Call 0871 777 8881 for informatio...

    Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008

  8. 3 strikes and your fire's not out!

    ...onfire Night, Howitt has legally changed his name to Hamish Guy Fawkes Howitt. 8976 7 November n Ban Bullying at Work Day. The idea of the day is to inspire everyone across the UK to Speak Out against bullying without fear! 9015 30 November n The consultation on the Government's draft sustainable construction strategy, which addresses reducing on-site waste, using sustainable materials and increasing skills in the workforce, closes on 30 November. 8898 14 December n The second age discrimination claim against Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will be heard publicly at the London Central Employment Tribuna...

    Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007

  9. Occupational health: an unnecessary expense?

    ...th 50 or more employees from April 2008. 8187 6th 6 April is a Designated Common Commencement Date. Several Government departments have all agreed to introduce major legislative changes on this date (and 1 October) in order to give businesses greater clarity and awareness of regulatory changes. A Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) will change the way sub-contractors are paid and the tax implications of that. Under the current scheme, sub-contractors must register with the Inland Revenue to receive a registration card or tax certificate. This enables contractors to decide whether to deduct National Insur...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2007

  10. Has the HSE lost its bite?

    ...ivities, the managerial arrangements, etc. Workplace Law Group I know that my company being covered by Civil Service rules means that we have the opportunity to retire at 60 - although there is mounting pressure to move that on to 65. In H&S terms, though, do we really want our staff going out onto construction sites at this age - or even older. Do we then need to consider dementia as part of the risks when we send older surveyors out? If this does become an issue, then what do we do with the staff who no longer can do the Fieldwork? I expect that any attempt to remove them through poor performance would ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006

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

    ...ure by properly applying the Burchell test. 15 COMMENT Women who are pregnant are often discriminated against, despite legislation to protect them, says Baroness Margaret Prosser of Battersea OBE, Equality and Human Rights Commission. 08 CASE LAW 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 f...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  12. ETs on the rise

    ...ing anti-discrimination and equality legislation. 08 CASE LAW you take part. you decide. Till workers seating decision sets industry precedent; and Gangmaster investigation reveals record failures. COntinuinG PROFessiOnAL deVeLOPMent 30 CDM GUIDANCE Maria Anderson and Simon Toseland explain the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM), with tips on how to ensure compliance. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on key management issues. netWORK 42 FORUM FOCUS Reflecting Network members' views on the Workplace Law site during the past weeks. 09 COMMENT Lord Young's...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010

  13. Open for Business

    ... Suzanne McMinn. 27 SCREEN TEST Michael Stephens and Norman Mortell on why organisations that use employment agencies must ensure they have robust screening processes and policies in place. 08 CASE LAW TV documentary footage has been used to help secure a conviction against a company carrying out construction work, following the death of an employee. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on fire. 16 LEGAL UPDATE Common Commencement Date: 6 April 2010 listings; employers have just under a year to prepare for the extension to statutory paternity leave and pay; and employment regulat...

    Magazine issue | 4 May 2010

  14. The world in your hands?

    ...easingly important issues, such as water shortages as a result of higher temperatures and increased energy costs for cooling of premises. In some cases, these events will also affect suppliers and/or customers, such as changing demands in specifications of products and services, for instance in the construction industry. In a wider context the overall economy will be affected by climate change, impacting on businesses in a multitude of ways. 10 A licence to park ­ the workplace parking levy Clive Read, Martineau Solicitors On 1 October 2009 the Workplace Parking Levy (England) Regulations came into forc...

    Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010

  15. Killing time

    ...ncil may have to pay out millions of pounds in back pay ­ and the outcome will have major implications for the council's controversial `single status' pay package. 11741 Energy Performance Certificates will be required by a wider range of commercial buildings during 2008. EPCs will be required on construction, sale or rent of commercial buildings over 10,000m2 from 6 April 2008; over 2,500m2 from 1 July 2008; and all other non-dwellings from 1 October 2008. 13241 The Energy Performance of Buildings 2008: special report provides an indepth insight into the implications of key developments in energy manag...

    Magazine issue | 27 Feb 2008

  16. How much does it cost to kill someone at work?

    ...of the UK. Over the last ten years there have been between 270 and 300 involuntary workplace-related deaths in the country every year. However the most recent figures available show a drop in the number of deaths to 212 in the year to 31 March with more than half of these deaths being in farming or construction. Concern is still rife amongst unions, though, that successful prosecutions are still too rare and fines imposed are at `insulting levels.' The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill was passed into law in July and creates a new offence of corporate manslaughter in England, Wales and No...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007

  17. Contractors: are you watching them?

    ...smoking ban create `exclusion zones' around buildings? 19 Passport to good health and safety Caroline Holden of IOSH weighs up the pros and cons of health and safety passports. 34 Analysis Would you hire someone who was obese? 20 A human approach to contractor safety The majority of Britain's construction companies find themselves relying on personnel that are `employed' at arms length. Health and safety legislation is no less stringent in the duty of care it places on these companies but the obstacles that they must overcome to fulfil these duties differ considerably from those operating a more con...

    Magazine issue | 16 May 2007

  18. 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 commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 -- business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & S...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2007

  19. Survival of the fit note?

    ...eriod of renewed industrial unrest, strike law reform might not be far off says employment expert, Rebecca Hill of Blandy and Blandy. 3. Refresher 08 CASE LAW Shell UK Limited fined £1.24m over the explosion and fire at the Bacton gas terminal; and a property developer prosecuted after a foreign construction worker is buried alive. Revisit key topics from the Managing Safely course 14 July 2011, London 16 LEGAL UPDATE As communication technology advances, the law of defamation has been in danger of becoming obsolete; and proposals to encourage a more flexible approach to work. COntinuinG PROfessiOna...

    Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011

  20. Sweeping changes

    ...or aircrew. This ensures that whilst standby duty normally counts fully against the annual working time limit, in certain limited circumstances, time spent on standby is to be counted as half the time actually spent. 28388 SUMMER 2010 The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will launch its Construction Leadership Diversity Forum in the summer, following the outcomes of its `Race and the Construction Industry' Inquiry. It is one of a number of measures developed by the Commission with the aim of tackling racism and the under-representation of groups, including ethnic minorities, women and disabled...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010

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