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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...ing. Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL Conference call 06 LEGAL CALENDAR April 2011's common commencement date brings in new legislation heaLth and safety and enViROnMent uPdate 07 NEWS RIDDOR consultation and Consultants Register launched; and employers are urged to provide better guidance on green issues. 18 15 COMMENT The Coalition Government is to limit the number of non-EEA migrants allowed to enter the UK to work, says Michelle Tudor, Barlow Robbins LLP. 15 COntinuinG PROfessiOnaL deVeLOPMent 30 SURVIVAL TRAINING Simon Toseland explains the importance of ensuring that all staf...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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The world in your hands?
...openhagen? Analysis of the discussions and decisions reached during the Climate Change conference. interview: Ali Moran, Chair of the BIFM People Management Special Interest Group. Page 22 Comment: The UK's first disability-specific law promotes individual needs. Page 45 | CPd Section: In-depth guidance on fire safety and TUPE. Page 30 Plus: The all new data section and news round-up of the leading Network stories ... Why employers must act quickly and decisively. Page 24 Page 27 ioSh managing Safely e-learning Through the Workplace Law Direct Study Centre you can study when you like, where y...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
...to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; and to increase equality of opportunity. 19947 the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC), which is tasked with producing definitive sentencing guidelines to assist magistrates in the proper exercise of new sentencing powers, will draft and issue to Magistrates the final sentencing powers for individuals found liable for health and safety offences, including imprisonment. 20477 the consultation on the Eu Agency Workers Directiv...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
... by an overwhelming majority to remove the opt-out from the Directive. Unions were quick to issue statements applauding the news and business groups were quick to lambast it, but within a few hours the `big change' predicted was downgraded to a possible change. For a start, the EP's decision is not definitive; the process now enters conciliation between the EP and the Council of Ministers (one representative from each EU Member State), who must try to agree a "mutually agreeable text". "The Government has indicated that it is determined to keep the opt-out, which it sees as key to helping both businesse...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...ost to your business, and what you can do about it :-) INSIDE THIS ISSUE OCTOBER 2007 Issue 31 NEW this month: The data Five pages of key statistics and information, now in every issue Interview: Michelle Mahdon, the Work Foundation Page 20 Plus: Legal calendar | Clinic | Case reports | Technical guidance | Client focus | Comment and more ... WORKING THROUGH THE PAIN BARRIER Shock new report says employees should work their way back to fitness Challenge "We will wear goose fat" Page 30 REPORT The rising cost of employees New rights from 1 October mean the cost of employees just got higher Conte...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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Has the HSE lost its bite?
...erated warnings that it may cause companies to treat health and safety less seriously. Director of the Centre for Corporate Accountability, David Bergman responds. LEGAL UPDATE Case law 24 Legal experts offer their advice to employers on recent case law. Clinic 31 What is working time? Technical guidance 26 Analysis 34 P24 In-depth legal guidance on: Noise at work: new duties; Employers' legal responsibility for those not in their employment; and Asbestos: a summary of revisions to the Regulations. The effect of crime on business workplacelaw 3 workplacelaw 4 workplacelaw MAGAZINE Kelly M...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006
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The year of living dangerously
...re safety legislation, which takes effect in April 2006 LEGAL UPDATE Case law 24 Clinic 31 How responsible are employers for the safety of workplace car parks? P24 Legal experts offer their views on the implications of recent case law for employers Technical update 26 Analysis 34 In-depth legal guidance on: flexible working; temporary and agency workers; and developments in employment law The impact of employee theft on businesses workplacelaw 3 workplacelaw Editor Editorial Assistant Design Photography Kelly Mansfield T. 01223 431 054 MAGAZINE Katy Brown T. 01223 431 053 Isla Jordan James C...
Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2005
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...ment. Total evacuation or a `stay put policy'? Many opt for the latter! Residents should be given clear advice as to the best course of action to take, depending on the circumstances of the fire. fURThER INfORMATION: In July 2008 Local Authority Coordinators of Regulatory Services produced specific guidance offering advice and assistance to enforcers, landlords, managing agents and tenants, amongst others, on ways to make residential buildings safe from fire. This technical document can be downloaded free of charge from www.lacors.gov. uk/lacors/ContentDetails. aspx?id=19843 Comment "One of the bigg...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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The sex issue
...mployers to prevent HIV and AIDS related discrimination in the workplace. Katy Brown asks: are you doing enough? LEGAL UPDATE Case law 24 Legal experts offer employers their advice on recent case law Clinic 31 Is it an employer's responsibility to make sure employees take a rest break? Technical guidance 26 Analysis 34 P24 In-depth legal guidance on: `Rolled-up' holiday pay unlawful but is there anything to worry about?; Redundancy: how to do it right; and Family-friendly rights: proposed reforms. Are fleets failing when it comes to health and safety? workplacelaw 3 workplacelaw MAGAZINE...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2006
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...out prejudice' route, says Gabriella Wright 22 Private property Mark Eltringham investigates the increasingly grey area between working and private lives 26 Legal update 26 Case law Cases breaking the news this month, with comment from the legal experts 28 Technical update Comprehensive practical guidance on topical workplace issues, including family-friendly policies and noise at work 33 Clinic Our panel of lawyers offer their expert advice on your management concerns 34 Analysis The latest statistics surrounding the risks of driving at work workplacelaw 3 istockphoto.com A new start... Editor ...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
..., which backed a claim by HMRC that tips should not count towards the minimum wage, even if they are distributed via a tronc system. A tronc system means that tips, including those paid by credit and debit card and cheque, are shared www.workplacelaw.net amended or changed slightly there is not a definitive break in their employment history and any equal pay grievances can be brought in relation to all of the contracts and not the most recent one. A ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in a previous case created a situation of 'stable employment', where people on a series of short-term cont...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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2009: new beginnings
...t RadcliffesLeBrasseur, practices all areas of employment law, acts for employers and employees alike, and also lectures and provides HR training. Sound like a busy schedule? You bet. Claire Fuller grabbed a few minutes with her to ask some questions... TEchNicAl 28 LEGAL upDATE In-depth technical guidance on: dispute resolution; the new business immigration regime; and the ban on HCFC refrigerants. 16 ThE DEATh Of ThE TEmp? A new EU Directive has led to concerns that hiring agency workers is set to become a lot more expensive. So does this Directive herald the Asbestos | Construction contracts | E...
Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008
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Euromillions
...ED, ThE REGuLATOR AND ThE WORkfORCE: hEALTh AND SAfETy IN ThE 21ST CENTuRy Judith Hackitt, Chair of the HSE, chose the National Safety Symposium to give an address on how to make health and safety fit for the 21st century. Here is what she had to say... TEchNIcAl 28 LEGAL upDATE In-depth technical guidance on: risk assessment and sex discrimination; risk assessing an event away from the workplace; and common advice in fire risk management. FocuS 12 hEALTh AND SAfETy fREE fOR ALL October sees the ninth annual European Week for Safety and Health at Work the time when employers across the continent ...
Magazine issue | 2 Oct 2008
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Dealing with bogus claimants
...uary, mean that fines for companies and organisations found guilty of corporate manslaughter may be millions of pounds and should seldom be below £500,000. For other health and safety offences that cause death, fines from £100,000 upwards will be imposed. The Sentencing Guidelines Council's (SGC) definitive guidelines on corporate manslaughter sentencing set out principles to guide courts in dealing with `Fit for work' option removed from fit notes New fit notes, which will replace GP sick notes from 6 April 2010, will contain two options: either `unfit for work' or `may be fit for work taking accoun...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010
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Evacuation versus invacuation
...cy. Page 14 The real stories: Evacuation strategies put to the test. Page 10 Professor Keith Bright: "Access to buildings is not about disabled people, it's about access for everyone" Page 22 Emergency wayfinding: Creating clear exit routes for disabled people. Page 18 Plus: Comment | Technical guidance | Case reports and more ? What does this sign mean? Take the quiz. Page 21 Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL I am reminded of a scene in the BBC2 television series, The Office. In the scene an overzealous fire warden tries to get an employee in a wheelchair down the stairs by lif...
Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008
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Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how
...rkplaces of the future: Why paying A living wage: isn't the the lowest wages 14 best option. Page could What climate change if we don't mean for business act now. Page 6 Workplaces Sustainable can work Week: How businesses future. Page 16 towards a sustainable Plus: Technical Comment and more guidance | The ... data Find out inside ... Time's up! 10 curious cases illustrate the intricacies of the Employment Tribunal system. Page 14 Plus: Legal calendar | Case reports Clinic | Technical guidance and more Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL Is the Government about to get us into...
Magazine issue | 13 May 2008
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"We don't serve wheelchairs"
...ation cases of the '70s and how they've affected your business Page 12 Behind the scenes: Why you should study the Certificate in Employment Relations Page 22 BT: How to design services that "effortlessly include" the widest range of people Plus: Legal calendar | Clinic | Case reports | Technical guidance ... "WHY TAKE ON A COLOURED GIRL WHEN YOU CAN EMPLOY AN ENGLISH GIRL?" Discrimination in recruitment Page 12 Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL Will the launch of the Equality and Human Rights Commission serve to address human rights within all forms of discrimination? 07 LEGAL CAL...
Magazine issue | 1 Jan 2008
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Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?
...ors? P20 20 A TALL STORY? Can size discrimination ever be justified? Workplace Law Magazine focuses on some unusual cases in this grey area of the law LEGAL UPDATE 24 CASE LAW Legal experts offer their views on the implications of recent case law for employers 26 TECHNICAL UPDATE In-depth legal guidance on: sexual orientation discrimination, age discrimination, and discrimination in recruitment 31 CLINIC Workplace Law's panel of solicitors and consultants advise readers on their legal queries P24 34 ANALYSIS The impact of workplace design on employee stress, absenteeism and performance workpl...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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Business as usual? London bomb blasts
...ors? P20 20 A TALL STORY? Can size discrimination ever be justified? Workplace Law Magazine focuses on some unusual cases in this grey area of the law LEGAL UPDATE 24 CASE LAW Legal experts offer their views on the implications of recent case law for employers 26 TECHNICAL UPDATE In-depth legal guidance on: sexual orientation discrimination, age discrimination, and discrimination in recruitment 31 CLINIC Workplace Law's panel of solicitors and consultants advise readers on their legal queries P24 34 ANALYSIS The impact of workplace design on employee stress, absenteeism and performance workpla...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
...nt diary dates for the six months ahead CONTENTS LETTERS Readers share their views on the legal matters affecting their workplaces WHICH OF THESE IS A RELIGIOUS BELIEF? Should religion be left at home along with the other choices employees make about the way they live their lives? 12 13 14 NEW GUIDANCE FROM WORKPLACE LAW The Employment Law Update: Special Report offers comprehensive, authoritative guidance to new and forthcoming employment legislation A VICARIOUS PLEASURE Much of the legislation governing work in 1973 and before would not make sense in today's workplace, says David Sharp P16 K...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
