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New Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide
Workplace Law Publishing has launched a brand-new updated version of the Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide, which updates several elements of the original including the implications of the Road Transport (Working Time) Directive and the Regulatory Impact Assessment. The new Workplace Law Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide v 2.0 aims to help you cover yours...
News | 10 Feb 2005
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Driving-at-Work Website Launched by HSE
The HSE has launched a new website which concentrates information on work-related road safety. The website - online at www.hse.gov.uk/roadsafety/ - summarises employers' responsiblities and brings together various HSE information. The Workplacelaw Network's Driving-at-Work Policy (which includes a draft policy and a management guide) is available from the eshop, price £74.99. Alternatively, please call 0870 777 8881. Please quote ref. 1319.
News | 31 Mar 2003
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Driving for better business programme launched
Road safety partnership RoadSafe has launched a new government-led road safety scheme: the ‘Driving for Better Business’ safety initiative, which is part of the government backed ‘Driving for Work Business Champions Programme’. The “Business Champions” outreach programme will be managed by RoadSafe on behalf of the Department for Transport, and will run alongside the Think! road safet...
News | 27 Apr 2007
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Government aims to improve safety of those who drive for work
...s being launched in a bid to reduce road deaths and casualties, Road Safety Minister Stephen Ladyman has announced. For the first time, all callers ringing drivers on their mobiles will be urged to take the initiative and phone back later in a new THINK! mobile phones TV campaign – "If they're driving, kill the conversation". Ladyman comments: “Tough deadlines can push you over the speed limit, and distractions like the boss calling you on your mobile can take your attention off the road. Simple measures which anyone can adopt will make a real difference, and that's what our new campaign...
News | 5 Mar 2007
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974-2009 HSWA revieWed JULY/AUGUST 2009 Issue 49 in sickness and in health Why the health agenda should not be overlooked. Page 12 Heated debate When is it legally too hot to trot? The elephant in the room The poor legislation no one wants to t...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
... are and catch up with the leaders in class. They'll be aware that the company they want to emulate has got a florid behavioural safety programme. is an absolutely key behaviour whether you're working in the Girkin on working offshore. A lot of office-based companies are looking at techniques for driving safety. Your biggest cause often will be people hurting themselves on the way to work behind the wheel of a car, or just hurting themselves on the weekend on the way to Sainsburys. So a lot of good behavioural programmes incorporate home safety don't stand on a chair to change a lightbulb, put s...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
...road or motorway at any time of the day and night and you might add another to that list haulage. Lorry drivers and fleet managers are governed by more than half a dozen criminal laws, covering a huge swathe of their day-to-day activities. From the basic rules of the road such as speeding, drink-driving, and having adequate insurance coverage, to new laws such as the recent ban on smoking in the workplace, the haulage industry is one of the most heavily regulated in the country. They must also obey the usual workplace hazards for example, the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and ensure tha...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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New law forces delivery drivers to wear seatbelts
... higher at 93%, and 94% for front passengers. The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Regulations) 2005 (Sl 2005/27) is available on-line at: http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050027.htm New guidance Workplace Law Publishing has launched a brand-new updated version of the Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide, which updates several elements of the original including the implications of the Road Transport (Working Time) Directive and the Regulatory Impact Assessment. The new Workplace Law Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide v 2.0 aims to help you cover yours...
News | 24 Feb 2005
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RoSPA Launches Occupational Road Risk Guidance
...or the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has launched a new document to cut accidents involving company car and van drivers. 'Managing Occupational Road Risk – The RoSPA Guide' is intended to help businesses and organisations adapt to recent guidance from the HSE and the Department for Transport on driving for work. Roger Bibbings, RoSPA’s Occupational Safety Adviser, said: “It has been estimated that between 800 and 1,000 road deaths a year are in some way work-related. Many bosses have ignored this problem in the past, but the HSE has now made it clear that employers have duties under healt...
News | 26 Sep 2003
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New Work-Related Road Safety Site Launched
...oad deaths each year involve someone who was at work at the time. These include all types of road user – drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians and those working at the side of the road. One of the biggest problems is with company car drivers, who have 50 per cent more accidents than those driving for domestic purposes. Few organisations realise what road accidents cost them. Research into workplace accidents generally suggests that for every £1 recovered through insurance, between £8 and £36 may be lost through uninsured costs. The website stresses that management of occupation...
News | 2 Apr 2004
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2009: new beginnings
...ee. 17529 used for baling when he apparently entered the enclosure and inadvertently activated a sensor, which started up the machinery. 17439 fleets warned of mobile phone ruling Fleet managers have been warned after a district judge ruled that the act of switching off an alarm on a phone whilst driving constituted 'using the phone'. Although the driver wasn't using the phone to make a call, a police officer saw the driver's hand and his thumb was moving across the keys. The judge ruled that it didn't matter what the driver was doing, because any use of the phone (such as switching off an alarm) a...
Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008
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Drink drive warning ahead of the festive season
Drivers are being warned that drinking and driving this Christmas could see them facing a prison sentence. This is part of a new hard-hitting £1.6m THINK! Campaign, launched today (1 December) by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick. The Government and police have joined forces to urge anyone hitting the party scene to leave their car keys at home...
News | 1 Dec 2008
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Who's looking at you?
...Manager (Safety & Security) Road charging: an exclusive report Employers are likely to face similar issues to the problems posed by the parking levy: if your employees have to pay more, are you going to have to increase their salary in order to keep them (in effect, by subsidising the charges)? If driving to work during rush hour is not financially viable, what are you going to do about it? And what is the Government going to do about it? The September issue of Workplace Law Magazine, out on 15 August, will bring you an exclusive report on road charging and the likely impact on your business. What ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005
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Launch of National Apprenticeship week
...Apprenticeships to deliver the world-class skills individuals and firms need to get ahead." Chief executive of Channel Four and Skillset board member, David Abraham, said: “Apprenticeships are a fantastic and innovative way for creative employers to develop the fresh talent they need to continue driving growth, while at the same time improving diversity and fair access to our industries.” National Apprenticeship Week is supported by a huge range of organisations including: employers, apprentices, media, business and sector organisations, learning providers, colleges and schools. The scale of N...
News | 6 Feb 2012
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Scotland launches Zero Waste Plan
... to drive change and inspire households, businesses, community groups, local authorities and the wider public sector to change the way they view and deal with waste. It contains a broader approach to tackle all waste, not just waste collected by councils. The plan proposes a new way of looking at the materials Scotland produces – recognising everything designed, produced and used is a resource which has a value. It will introduce new measures, including: Landfill bans for specific waste types, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and capturing their value; Separate collection...
News | 9 Jun 2010
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Construction industry code of conduct launched
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) and UK Contractors Group have jointly launched a competition law code of conduct to help avoid breaches of competition law by the construction industry. The code highlights the need for construction companies to have rigorous internal procedures to prevent anti-co...
News | 26 Aug 2009
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New centre welcomed to help businesses fight cyber crime
The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has welcomed the publication of the Government’s Cyber Security Strategy and the creation of a Cyber Security Operations Centre based in Cheltenham. Gareth Elliott, Senior Policy Adviser at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), commented: "Almost three-quarters of companies feel there should be a national body set up...
News | 26 Jun 2009
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Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace JULY/AUGUST 2006 ISSUE 19 Driving at work MOT Would you pass? Th d th f The death of nine to five? Changing work culture Mug's game? Excessive risk aversion Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2006 -- interactive business and professional Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 -- interactive business and professio...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2006
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Has the HSE lost its bite?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace APRIL 2006 ISSUE 16 Health and safety policies and how to communicate them The Corporate Manslaughter Bill David Bergman on the CCA's objections Has the HSE lost its bite? The Executive's enforcement policy under attack Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 -...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
...hould be rightly proud. Vicariously so, as our friends in the legal profession might say. From a legal standpoint, my first brush with mobile phones was in 1997. A client of ours wanted to know whether they, as an employer, could be held responsible if one of their employees -- using a mobile while driving -- crashed their car and hurt an innocent pedestrian. Driving with a hand-held mobile phone at that time was not illegal as such, but of course that catch-all offence of `dangerous driving' did apply. So it was likely that the driver, at least, could be found guilty if prosecuted by the police. And...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
