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A month off for emergency leave is too long, says EAT
...ate O’Toole when his domestic situation improved. This led to a conflict between O’Toole and Wyeth as to whether O’Toole had resigned or had been dismissed, which in turn led to the Tribunal. The Tribunal found that O’Toole’s request for time off fell within the ERA because of the “unexpected disruption or termination of arrangements for the care of a dependant”, and concluded that the request for absence was made as soon as reasonably practicable, and that the amount of time requested was reasonable. However, the Employment Appeals Tribunal found that: “The purpose of the l...
Case | 6 May 2008
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Expect the unexpected: time off for disruption of care arrangements
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Expect the unexpected: time off for disruption of care arrangements Expect the unexpected: time off for disruption of care arrangements This week's update highlights the Employment Appeal Tribunal's (EAT) decision in Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v. Harrison (2008). This is the first occasion when the EAT h...
News analysis | 21 Oct 2008
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Teachers's strike: will your employees be affected?
...t about calling in sick:“I think when something is as public as this, people will say 'I have to take time off'. I don't think they will make up stories. Everyone is very aware about it. We would be very anxious for this strike to be avoided.” According to Workplace Law Network’s white paper, Expect the Unexpected: emergency leave and employees’ rights, all employees have the right to take a “reasonable” amount of time off work to deal with emergencies involving their dependants. The right is set out under sections 57A and 57B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996), and provides...
News | 23 Apr 2008
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...uge percentage of accidents are caused by human error, so you need to ensure you've the right checks and balances to avoid being caught out in the first place. And No. 2: Could you cope if Buncefield happened in your back yard? According to www.londonprepared.gov. uk, one out of five businesses can expect to be affected by a major disruption over the next five years, and, it adds, experience shows that businesses are far more likely to survive a disaster if they have thought about it in advance, and planned accordingly. Sound business continuity principles can be applied to a single office building ...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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London’s burning, where’s the engine?
...ure of how moves to modernise the Fire and Rescue Service will impact on their business might find themselves asking, quite literally, where's the engine? Katy Brown gets an inside view on how the pieces of this complicated puzzle will fit together. Do the new fire risk assessment guides live up to expectation? We ask various fire experts, should we burn them or use them? The guides: burn them 12 or use them? NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk 18 Management Certificate: a candidate's view Tick-box risk assessments 20 Houses in multiple occupation 24 Workplace Law gets an inside view on one candidate's ex...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2006
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Legionella trial special
...uipment such as TVs, videos, hi-fi and computers. It places requirements on anyone that manufactures, brands, imports, sells, stores, treats or dismantles electrical or electronic products. 5005 5559 The publication of the new Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) of the Building Regulations is expected in July 2005. This Part has been subdivided into two distinct Approved Documents: Part L1 covering dwellings and Part L2 covering all other types of building. 5391 october 1st 1 October is the second of two dates in the year when changes to employment law and new health and safety regulations a...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2005
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Dealing with bogus claimants
...usefully do to encourage people to do the right thing. One of our concerns is that there are a lot of air conditioning inspectors who have invested a reasonable amount of time and money in getting themselves accredited to carry out these inspections and they are finding that the work that they were expecting isn't there, because of a lack of compliance. More importantly, these inspections are there to save carbon emissions; if they're not carried out, they're not saving carbon. The F-gas Regulations The other Regulations that building owners need to be aware of are the F-gas Regulations, or Fluorina...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010
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Identity charade
...e (DpD), which adjusts the `rules' for classifying and labelling preparations (mixtures) of chemicals based on the classification of the constituent substances and their concentrations in the preparation, comes into force. 15974 5 october maternity rights will change for employees whose babies are expected on or after 5 October 2008. The changes relate mainly to employment rights, in particular nonpaid rights. 15946 The rules requiring an employer to display an employers' liability insurance certificate will be changed so that the requirement will be satisfied if the certificate is made availabl...
Magazine issue | 3 Sep 2008
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Evacuation versus invacuation
...It is also arguing that the Government has improperly implemented the EU Directive, upon which the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 were based. The challenge at the High Court has been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), where there will now be a hearing on 2 July. The ECJ is expected to publish its judgement before the end of the year. 15231 The deadline for responses to the consultation is 28 August. 15141 Use the Regulation finder for further information on any of the above legislation, visit www.workplacelaw.net/news/ regulationFinder A-Z 5133 6 WHAT DoES THIS SYmBoL ...
Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008
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Killing time
...s ways or be shut down. Kelly Mansfield unveils its incredible transformation. 08 CASE LAW n Near-fatal accidents can be preventable n Family wins compensation following death of worker exposed to asbestos n Death of young worker highlights need for proper supervision 14 AMERICAN IDLE David Sharp expected health and safety enforcement in America to be light years ahead of the UK. Instead he discovered a culture of corporate sloth, where prosecutors have no teeth and workers still have to pay for their own safety equipment. 22 FACILITATING THE ARTS As Director for Facilities for famous auction hou...
Magazine issue | 27 Feb 2008
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Contractors: are you watching them?
... 777 8881. 18th By participating in National Work from Home Day on 18 May workers and companies are invited to add up the cost savings of forsaking a range of day-to-day costs including lunch, coffee breaks, public transport, parking and for some, congestion charging. Smaller companies could also expect marked savings on utility bills as part of employers' decisions to let workers use phones, computers, printers, copiers and fax machines in their home. BT is one corporate outfit that has invested heavily in alternative working practices, with the telecoms provider now employing 11,500 contracted h...
Magazine issue | 16 May 2007
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£20 if you can prove you’re competent
...at employers can be held vicariously liable for harassment at work. Previously employees had to prove that the employer was negligent in not stopping bullying taking place and that it had caused them psychological damage. The new ruling means that companies can be sued even if the company cannot be expected to have known about the bullying. 7398 7357 7732 Higher recovery and recycling targets to be met by 31 December 2008 were set in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 2004/12/EC. A proposed National Packaging Waste Database and electronic PRNs and PERNs would: · speed up data collection, ...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2006
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
...35 an hour and the youth rate for workers aged 18 to 21 will increase from £4.25 to £4.45. The Government has also accepted the recommendation of the Low Pay Commission that the rate for workers aged 1617 years should increase from £3.00 to £3.30. 6890 August The Discrimination Law Review is expected to report in August 2006. It is looking at how laws on equality can best be modernised. The Discrimination Law Review will consider the balance between legislation that prevents discrimination and that which promotes equality. It will develop proposals for a simpler, fairer and more modern legisl...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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Employment rights not as 'family friendly' as previously thought
... be taken prior to the child’s 5th birthday. No more than 4 weeks’ leave can be taken in any one year. Slightly different rights exist in relation to adopted and disabled children. In the case of dependency leave only a limited amount of time off is permitted, mainly to deal with emergency/unexpected issues. These issues will always be time critical. Once immediate arrangements have been put in place, the employee should be back to work, unless another sort of leave is permitted. No qualifying period is required for entitlement to dependency leave. All time off for parental or dependency leav...
Case | 4 Nov 2004
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Playing with numbers: TUPE special issue
...ns is to pass new legislation. The consultation was completed online until 12 February 2005. The results will feed into a Commission Communication on Accessibility to be adopted before June 2005. july The publication of the new Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) of the Building Regulations is expected in July 2005. This Part has been subdivided into two distinct Approved Documents: Part L1 covering dwellings and Part L2 covering all other types of building. august 13th Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (known as the WEEE Directive) sets targets for the recyclin...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005
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Time off for Dependents: Qua -v- John Ford Morrison Solicitors
...yment Rights Act 1996. This assists in clarifying the extent of the right - the absence of which, until now, has left employers guessing. In a move that should offer some relief to employers, the EAT has confirmed that the right is to take a reasonable amount of time to deal with a variety of "unexpected or sudden events affecting...dependants" and is "... in order to take action which is necessary. In determining whether action is necessary factors to be taken into account will include, for example, the nature of the incident which has occurred, the closeness of the relationship between the empl...
Case | 30 May 2003
