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Employers need help to improve workplaces, says report
Employers are committed to improving the quality of jobs in the UK but lack guidance about how to achieve it, according to a new report published today by The Work Foundation. The HSE-commissioned research involved a series of workshops with UK private and public sector employers and a survey of 600 orga...
News | 23 Nov 2009
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Employers need help to improve workplaces, says report
I didn't realise employers had so many problems trying to ensure their staff "wellbeing". Is this what the HSE is doing these days - part of the current strategy of "Hoping that employers will just be nice to their workers". Do they still not understand that most employers are NOT nice - they exercise a power relationship ...
Comment | 24 Nov 2009
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Employers need help to improve workplaces, says report
...ger bad for you..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8374519.stm John's not wrong in that untill there are some seriously heavy penalties for not playing nice and consulting, asking instead of telling employee's and having some "Positive Respect for All" there will be a few ASBO's issued to employers who consistantly and systemically fail to addresss the level of Collateral Damage in their organisations due to Friendly Fire of omission.. But hey, what do i care, I for one am really happy with current workplace cultures of my competitors who follow the old addage of "treat e'm rough and keep ...
Comment | 24 Nov 2009
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“Work with us to protect workers,” says health and safety minister
...es, for being there, for you continued commitment to health and safety. You do a vital job, day in, day out, and have a vital role in helping to make workplaces safer." A City & Guilds survey that Workplace Law previously reported on, highlights how important communication between employees and employers is. The survey found that 80% of employees in SMEs estimate that up to a quarter of accidents are not reported to line managers. The HSE is currently consulting on how worker involvement in health and safety risk management can be encouraged, improved and increased. The Consultative Document Impr...
News | 18 Jul 2006
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Men's health: an employer's duty to promote?
Is men's health an issue for employers to be concerning themselves with, amongst the raft of legal duties?Organiser of National Men's Health Week (which starts today, 9 June) - the Men's Health Forum - argues that yes, employers should address the issue, for reasons including:Men spend far more of their lives in the workplace. Overall t...
News | 9 Jun 2008
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Steps to improve health of employees announced
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for all employers to do more to promote the health and well-being of their staff. In his speech at the British Heart Foundation's Well at Work Conference, the Health Secretary set out some key steps that employers and the Government must take: firstly, employers must take steps to promote health and well-being in th...
News | 22 Feb 2008
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Employment Tribunals: back to the future?
...of the Barrow legionella case for FMs 12 11 years in health and safety We map changes in the size of the workforce; the amount of legislation in force; and the number of workplace deaths against the development of corporate manslaughter legislation since 1996. Legal experts offer their advice to employers on the implications of recent case law. 28 In-depth guidance on: the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill; Directors' liability insurance; and energy performance of buildings: a new white paper. Members raise the concerns that remain following the introduction of the smoking ban. 1...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2007
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CIPD: Skills, not laws, key to tackling underperformance
...loyment legislation – indeed the UK has one of the most de-regulated labour markets across OECD countries – but a crisis of management and leadership skills. “Firing underperforming workers does not address the root cause of this problem; the Government should instead focus on supporting employers to improve management capability. "One third of the UK’s workforce has managerial responsibilities so it’s not difficult to see the potential for improved management and leadership capabilities to unlock productivity and address the problem of workplace performance in a way that works for ...
News | 31 Oct 2011
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...WORK 12 years of the Workplace Law conference inside this issue MAR/APR 2011 Issue 59 Comment: New employment lawyer group addresses sexual orientation discrimination. Page 45 Legal update: Essential guide to proposed changes to Employment Tribunals. Page 16 Blow for freedom? The challenge facing employers with whistleblowers following the Wikileaks scandal. Page 27 CPd Ahead of session at this year's conference, a guide to FM contracts. Good job Neil McDiarmid introduces newlylaunched WPL Recruitment. Page 22 Page 34 Plus: News and case round up of the leading FM, health and safety and HR stories ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill
...ption. Page 40 Plus: News and case round up of the leading health and safety, FM and HR stories ... Matthew Powell-Howard, Accreditation Manager at NEBOSH, on achieving exam success. Page 22 Badge of distinction Green credentials What new civil sanctions for environmental breaches could mean for employers. Page 27 CPd Essential guide to pension changes. Page 34 group workplace law health and safety workplace law human resources Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL The unkindest cut. workplace law environmental IOSh ACCREDITED TRAINING FROM WORkPLACE LAW IOSH Managing Safely Certifi...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
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Workplace Law welcomes Lord Young's review of health and safety
...low risk perhaps working with display screen equipment, slips and trips, the occasional working at height but there are going to be office environments with hazards that require very careful management." Kate Gardner: "There is an awful lot of misinterpretation and misunderstanding about what employers are required to do with workers who work from home. It's about giving information and instruction to allow your staff to take a pragmatic approach to the activities they are doing at home, and therefore take responsibility for their own health and safety something the Health and Safety at Work e...
News analysis | 15 Nov 2010
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Are half of your employees about to resign?
...d Are half of your employees about to resign? Long-term incentive plans are one option to defer the immediate costs of retention and assure employees that you are in it together for the long-haul. In the short-term, pay rises or bonuses will clearly help, particularly once employees realise other employers are not offering considerably more favourable terms. One area that employers will need to get to grips with is flexible working; the reality is that employees are not just after more money but, increasingly, what they perceive as a better worklife balance. Other improvements to the workplace that...
News analysis | 22 Sep 2010
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Redress the balance of workplace law, says FPB
The next government urgently needs to rebalance workplace law in favour of employers, according to the Forum of Private Business. The Forum is arguing that an ever-increasing tally of legislation has made many smaller businesses frightened of hiring, and even advertising for, new staff. As a result, it believes redressing the balance between employers’ and employees’ ri...
News | 1 Apr 2010
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...cy / maternity, race, religion / belief, sex and sexual orientation. What the proposed Bill will or will not achieve is a matter of much debate, not least from Workplace Law Network members who are horrified that the Bill includes the provision to expand the way "positive action can be used so that employers can pick someone for a job from an underrepresented group when they have the choice between two or more candidates who are `equally suitable'". And, in an anonymous comment on p.15, an employment expert points out that the Bill's attempts to close the equality pay gap fail to recognise that, for ma...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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Creative alternatives to redundancy
... to do so, to retain existing employees where possible, but it's vitally important to consider the legal issues. What are the alternatives? Choosing alternatives to redundancy can reduce redundancy costs, future recruitment and retraining costs as well as helping to retain talented employees. Many employers have implemented cost-saving measures, such as salary and recruitment freezes, and reductions in numbers of agency workers. However, in many cases these measures alone have not provided sufficient cost savings, so businesses are looking for imaginative ways to manage employment costs without the ne...
News analysis | 30 Jul 2009
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Employers continue to invest in training, despite recession
...ased in eight out of ten organisations over the last six months.Nearly nine out of ten directors said that their business planned at least to maintain investment in training over the next six months too. The survey shows that rather than slashing training in an attempt to cut costs, the majority of employers are more likely to cut other expenditure first. Investment in training has actually held up best of all under the recessionary pressures of recent months, with the biggest casualty having been business investment in hospitality, entertainment and events. The businesses surveyed identified the princ...
News | 30 Jun 2009
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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
...e-day training course tuesday 23 June 2009, Bonhill House London Access and laTeST 05 PRUNING UNTIL THE GREEN SHOOTS APPEAR The recession has slipped from the front pages in recent weeks to be replaced by swine flu worries and expenses rows, both of which bring their own potential problems for employers, of course. But businesses are still struggling to survive the downturn 16 failed to reach agreement, says Alice Reeve. regulations. Its founder, Anne Morris, explains just why adhering to the new law is so essential. 22 ChalleNGe 22 THE fIRST CORPORATE mANSLAUGHTER PROSECUTION: A TEST Of THE LEG...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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Job satisfaction rising, but employers can't be complacent
...e satisfied with their job has increased to +46 from +26 in 2006 (figures based on percentage of employees agreeing minus the percentage disagreeing) and the proportion of people who say their job makes them feel cheerful most or all of the time has also gone up. The CIPD has warned, though, that employers should not be complacent as the results may reflect that in the current economic climate many employees are simply glad to have a job and are less likely to grumble. The research revealed that a third of employees worry about being made redundant as a result of the recession and most believe findin...
News | 6 May 2009
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
...CORGI becomes Gas Safe Register and much more ... APRIL UPDATE sPEcIAL IssUE APRIL 2009 Issue 46 Ian Fielder: BIFM Chief Executive on the challenges for the facilities management sector. Page 24 Holiday and sickness absence clock watching: What do changes to flexible working actually mean for employers? Page 20 Learning the lessons from Stringer v. Monkey business HMRC. Dispute resolution in depth: How a ropey idea Page 16 Everything you need to know about inspired a jaded the new rules. Page 12 barrister to tackle risk assessment head on. Plus: Legal calendar | Comment The data | Clinic | Legal...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network How the 48 hour working week could push employers to the max WORKING TIME SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2009 Issue 44 Interview: Gary Titley, Leader of Labour's MEPs, on the Working Time Directive. Page 20 Navigating the Globe Fire risk assessing the only thatched building in London. Page 22 Keeping in touch Case law: Long term sick staff entitled to ful...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
