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Employee manual handling should be correctly monitored
...and Safety at Work Act 1974 and contravening two regulations of the Manual Handling Regulations 1992.As a result, the HSE has cautioned companies to have safe systems in place for manually handling heavy objects.The employer should take steps to avoid, so far as reasonably practicable, the need for employees to undertake any manual handling operations which involve a risk of their being injured, or otherwise carefully assess the risk of all such operations and take steps to reduce any risk of injury to the lowest level.Information, instruction and training should be provided to employees as necessary,...
News | 3 Sep 2008
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The world in your hands?
... Kyoto 15 COMMENT Managed properly, secondments can be of great benefit to all concerned, says Alan "Even without a deal at Copenhagen, understanding carbon reduction is likely to become increasingly part of the remit of facilities managers." P.27 3 www.workplacelaw.net Having problems with an employee? It doesn't have to go to tribunal Just having to reply to a tribunal claim can be stressful and time consuming. If you have a problem with an employee and you think it's heading that way, Acas provides a free, impartial early resolution service. This can give you the opportunity to resolve disput...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...is 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 Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL There's no doubt about it, employees are getting more expens...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace SEPTEMBER 2007 ISSUE 30 The workplace death toll How the amount of legislation, size of the workforce and health and safety spend affect numbers of deaths Behavioural safety Is examining why employees behave unsafely the key to strong health and safety culture? The top 20 health and safety d failures of the last 10 years Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 & 2006 ommended: Y ctive -- interactive business and professional ommended: r busine sine iness Highly commended: AOP Online P...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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Contractors: are you watching them?
... the events and legal developments coming into force in May and June. 07 Forum Thoughts and opinions from Workplace Law Network members on a hot topic. 14 7 landmark contractor cases Sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA) impose strict liability on employers regarding employees and non-employees, and in recent years there have been various attempts to persuade the courts that this should be mitigated where the acts of others, such as contractors, have caused or contributed to an apparent breach of the regulations. Bernie Sheehan explores what employers can learn from rec...
Magazine issue | 16 May 2007
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Occupational health: an unnecessary expense?
...e in April and May. Thoughts and opinions from Workplace Law Network members on a hot topic. `Our workforce is our most precious resource', so why do so many businesses still not invest in occupational health? The business case for investing all comes down to simple maths. On average, each of your employees costs you over £500 a year because of sickness absence. Using an occupational health service can cut a company's sickness absence in half. Take a close look at what occupational health has to offer: it covers a multitude of issues, from health surveillance to stress management. Caroline Merz look...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2007
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R v. Beckingham: case closed
...members of the Workplace Law Network. For more information call our membership team on 0870 777 8881 Strange, unexpected, but 100% real, Dodging Bullets is packed full of some of the most intriguing questions around, and reveals the answers to queries such as: Do we have to provide facilities for employees to pray at work? Can we dismiss someone for being too fat? Is our employees' underwear causing static shocks in the workplace? Is smelling of cigarettes a sackable offence? Is there a maximum working temperature? Collated from the popular Workplace Law Network forum and online advice services, Dod...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2006
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Has the HSE lost its bite?
...Regulations introduce: · a widening of the scope of the Regulations to cover cases where services are outsourced, insourced or assigned by a client to a new contractor (described as `service provision changes'); a new duty on the old transferor employer to supply information about the transferring employees to the new transferee employer (by providing what is described as `employee liability information'); special provisions making it easier for insolvent businesses to be transferred to new employers; provisions which clarify the ability of employers and employees to agree to vary contracts of employ...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006
