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  1. 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 Pu...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007

  2. UK employees willing to save energy in the workplace

    According to the Carbon Trust, employees are increasingly accepting responsibility for helping save money around the workplace, with the majority (87%) saying it is important for them to help their employer cut costs in the current climate, and 78% willing to be more energy efficient to save money. Almost half (46%) of UK employees say th...

    News | 30 Mar 2009

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

    ...Chancellor George Osborne announced the biggest spending cuts in decades through the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). Sarah Wray looks at what it could mean for employers. COntinuinG PROfessiOnaL deVeLOPMent 30 TRIPPING OUT Slip and trip accidents are the most common cause of serious injury to employees in the UK, says Maria Anderson and Simon Toseland. netWORK 42 FORUM FOCUS Reflecting Network members' views on the Workplace Law site during the past weeks. 44 NETWORk NEWS Fundraising money delivered; and Workplace Law turns 15. eMPLOyMent uPdate 13 NEWS UK joins seven other countries in statem...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  4. Old git, or still work fit?

    workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace FEBRUARY 2006 ISSUE 14 Taking the p*ss Are you testing employees' urine? A waste of energy New legal duties to switch it off! Old git Or still work-fit? Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 ­ interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PRE...

    Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006

  5. Who's looking at you?

    ...d conference dates coming up over the next six months 07 LETTERS Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their workplaces 08 WHO'S VIEWING YOUR DATA? Has the move from more traditional working methods towards all things electronic exposed the workplace and its employees to endless security risks? Do you know how safe your confidential data is? P14 13 STANDARDS ARE ON THE INCREASE Do health and safety standards get in the way of your business rather than assist it, asks David Sharp 14 NOT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE Failure to securely dispose of information relating to...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005

  6. Changes to Workplace Law Magazine

    ...e following come into effect on 1 October. National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 come into force The National Minimum Wage will rise from £5.73 per hour to £5.80 per hour. The development rate will increase from £4.77 per hour to £4.83 per hour, whilst the rate for employees aged 16 to 17 increases from £3.53 to £3.57 per hour. The Regulations also specify new classes of persons who do not qualify for the national minimum wage, and increase the day value (from £4.46 to £4.51) of the accommodation amount that can be taken into account where an employer provides an e...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009

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

    ...contribute to a better work­life balance through improving the protections offered to pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding. 17253 jUNE 2009 5 June A consultation on multiple discrimination provisions in the Equality bill ends. The provisions would enable employees to bring multiple discrimination claims to Employment Tribunals; for example, a black woman passed over for promotion by her employer because she is a black woman (rather than because she is black or because she is a woman) would be allowed to bring a claim on those grounds, rather than having to m...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

  8. Are homeworkers more productive?

    The number of UK employees working from home (excluding self-employed) has increased by almost a third, or 31.8%, over the last decade to 2008. More than 3.5 million people work from home, representing 12.3% or one in eight of the population, an increase of 650,000 since 1997.  Today, on National Work from Home Day, the Tel...

    News | 15 May 2009

  9. 48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max

    ...proposed amendments to the Working Time Directive. CLASSROOM IN LONDON 22 FOCuS 12 48: puShING WORKING TImE TO ThE mAx? The European Parliament recently voted 421 to 273 in favour of amendments tabled for the Working Time Directive. However, this vote means that the working time opt-out ­ where employees can sign an agreement to work more than 48 hours in a week ­ is in danger of being removed from law. So what would this mean for employers? And is this actually going to happen? this issue has rumbled on for so long ­ and why there will be no easy answer for a long time to come. 20 ChALLENGE 22 ...

    Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009

  10. 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 expensi...

    Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007

  11. 2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead

    workplacelaw Know-how to manage your workplace 2005 10 steps to get to grips with the legal year ahead Dec 2004 / Jan 2005 Noise at work New duties to protect employees' hearing `Fat' discrimination Could overweight employees be considered disabled under DDA? Private life Do employees have a duty to behave outside of work? Corporate killing Will businesses be held responsible for workplace fatalities? In every issue: employment law, health & safety, premise...

    Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004

  12. The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference

    ...et the response from organisations and national governments is widely felt to be inadequate. 32595 Employers urged to give more guidance on green issues Employers could do more to inform staff about simple ways to improve environmental performance at work, according to new research. Only 17% of UK employees have received advice or training at work on energy efficiency and less just 24% have been given information on recycling and waste management. Teresa Budworth, NEBOSH Chief Executive, commented: "Encouraging staff to turn off lights and equipment when they're not needed, or organising waste for rec...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011

  13. The world in your hands?

    ... www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... 1 JANUARy 2010 The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009 come into force. The Regulations allow holders of ecclesiastical office to enjoy the same rights as comparable employees on issues such as terms of service and appointment, disciplinary and grievance issues, and the right to make a complaint to an Employment Tribunal where their rights have not been adhered to. 25371 The standard rate of VAT will revert back to 17.5%. Since 1 December 2008 the rate of VAT has been d...

    Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010

  14. Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!

    ...9 the Statutory Dispute Resolution Regulations will be gone, to be replaced by the `much simpler' ACAS Code. But is it really much simpler? And what's going to happen during the transitional period? Find our more in our article on p. 12. This April also sees the extension of flexible working to all employees with children under the age of 16. There had been a suggestion that it would be pushed back until the UK was in better shape economically; however, just as we were going to press, the amendments to flexible working legislation were finally published, meaning the extension is definitely being implem...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009

  15. £20 if you can prove you’re competent

    ... law. Clinic 32 Should I ban the wearing of open-toe shoes in the office for health and safety reasons? Technical guidance 28 Analysis 34 P24 istockphoto.com Stress in the workplace: Protection from Harassment Act 1997; Immigration update; and an overview of energy regulations for UK business. Employees' attitudes to data theft workplacelaw 3 New course dates for 2007 Sign up today Workplace Law is the specialist advisor to the BIFM on employment law, health and safety and premises management Managing Safely Certificate NEBOSH National General Certificate Venues across the UK High pass rates...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2006

  16. 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 employm...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006

  17. Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?

    ...take disciplinary action on grounds of conduct or capability. The procedure will apply to all dismissals, except in limited circumstances. This means that it is not only dismissals on grounds of capability or conduct which will be affected. Employers must also put in place a grievance procedure for employees to follow when they raise a complaint. See p. 28 for full details. 4560 / 4627 Workplace smoking ban inevitable? Momentum seems to be gathering for a smoking ban in UK workplaces. The Government, which has always favoured a voluntary approach, has given strong indications that it will now support ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004

  18. It’s a WRAP

    ...es. Next course date 6 February 2012, London 09 COMMENT Alison Doig, Senior Climate Change Advisor at Christian Aid, explains how far from coherent the Coalition Government is on tackling global warming. COntinuinG PROfessiOnaL deVeLOPMent 30 DIGITAL DISTRACTION If digital distractions mean your employees are having trouble completing work, you need to develop a strategy to help them cope, says David Lavenda. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on key management issues. Course benefits n Understand how and to what extent your business interacts with the environment n Appreci...

    Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011

  19. A new age?

    ...time spent out of the office n Greater flexibility ­ allows you to study around your existing work commitments heaLth and safety, fM and enViROnMent uPdate 07 NEWS Second corporate manslaughter trial date set; and BIFM considers becoming a chartered body. 34 15 COMMENT Could ex-News of the World employees claim for stigma damages? asks Justin Govier. but should we be doing this at work? asks Roger Byard. 24 EAT: With the imminent abolition of the DRA, a recent and an ongoing case concerning compulsory retirement may assist employers who wish to operate a fixed retirement age. 08 CASE LAW Illegal w...

    Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011

  20. Survival of the fit note?

    ...h the current tribunal system; and report reveals that older workers are being short changed on training. 24 LESSONS FROM PENHALLOW Unanswered questions surround the Penhallow Hotel fire investigation, says Fire Safety Consultant, Alan Cox. "To get the best result, employers need to educate their employees regarding the type of information they need to take to the GP so that a sensible recommendation can be made." P.19 3 www.workplacelaw.net d s an t de 010 en lu 2 em nc Act retir I ity o al es t age u g Eq an ch editorial Comment from the Editor ... Workplace Law Group 110 Hills Road, Cambridge ...

    Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011

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