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Excessive risk aversion: bad for business
“There is a real problem with excessive risk aversion in Britain today” according to Alan Beith MP, Chairman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee. This problem, he says, will only be solved by addressing “the root causes of excessive risk aversion, such as misunderstanding of risk assessment”. The Chairman’s comments, made...
News | 28 Feb 2007
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
...tention (p. 9) but which still need to be considered. All too much of a challenge? When successful barrister Jerome Mayhew reached his own personal overload point in the legal profession, he traded it all in to work in risk management for a high wire adventure company, and begin his crusade against excessive risk aversion. Read his story on p. 22. I trust a large dose of this latest issue of Workplace Law Magazine relieves your legal headache and leaves you with a clear head. IOSh mANAGING SAfELy CERTIfICATE The IOSh managing Safely Certificate course is the UK's most popular and accessible course for...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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Euromillions
...eaking site safety rules -- by wearing white, instead of blue, hard hats. The colour of hard hats is not specified in statute -- so is the current situation confusing? Workplace Law Network members give their thoughts. Anthony Buck: The HSE Pupils wear goggles for conkers The growing trend towards excessive risk aversion hit the headlines in October 2004 when the BBC reported the story of primary school headmaster Shaun Halfpenny, who bought six pairs of safety goggles and made it compulsory for children to wear them when playing conkers at school. Mr Halfpenny said it was a "sensible" step to protect...
Magazine issue | 2 Oct 2008
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Reality bites: managing in a recession
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Reality bites Taking care of business in a tough economic climate: special report Managing in a Recession NOVEMBER 2008 Issue 42 Man of steeles: Employment lawyer Oliver Brabbins. Page 24 Risky ventures Assessing the dangers of travel abroad. Page 22 Better with age? Redundancy How to cut your workforce and keep on the right side of the law. Page 12 Reducing your overheads: Considering the alternatives to redundancy. Page 28 Plus: Legal calendar | Case reports Challenge | Clinic | Le...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
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Legionella trial special
...lindfold, and juggling with lighted sticks of dynamite.' 6. The desire for more argument or more facts is always pressing, but overly prolonged fact finding and debate may produce answers to questions which no longer exist. The future rapidly becomes the past, and delay itself is a decision. 7. An excessive response may create a secondary crisis, which turns out to be greater than the original crisis. An inadequate response may complicate the situation, especially when it comes to your credibility, and may result in utter waste of precious resources. 8. A crisis presents a three-fold challenge. First ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2005
