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HSE publishes top ten ‘bizarre’ health and safety bans
The HSE has published its top ten 'bizarre' health and safety bans of the past year, alongside some of the media coverage they received. It says the bans and restrictions have all been erroneously blamed on health and safety. A spokesperson for the HSE said: “Health and safety legislation exists to protect people from real risks at, or connect...
News | 24 Aug 2011
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Workplace Law welcomes Lord Young's review of health and safety
Workplace Law's response to Lord Young's Review Simon Toseland, Head of Health and Safety Kate Gardner, Business Manager, Health, Safety and Facilities management Rob Castledine, Associate Director, Health and Safety 1 In December 2009, David Cameron commented that "something had gone seriously wrong with the spirit of health and safety". Following the election, as Prime Mi...
News analysis | 15 Nov 2010
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Leaked letter raises concerns about health and safety cuts
A leaked letter to BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme has suggested that unannounced workplace health and safety inspections could be cut by a third. The HSE's budget has been cut by 35%. According to the BBC, the leaked letter from the HSE outlines plans to withdraw inspections from entire sectors of industry, including some where it is acknowledged that 'significant risk' remains. The le...
News | 8 Mar 2011
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Businesses' collective sigh of relief at Law Lords' ramp ruling
...he Lords unanimously considered the application of the Regulations had to be limited particularly given their imposition of strict liability and that a majority found it constructive to consider the principle of the Directive and purpose of the Regulations expressed by Lord Hope as being to promote health and safety rather than give employees a right to compensation. Lord Mance's test referred to the need for the equipment to be incorporated into the employer's undertaking is also worthy of note. For him, a nexus between the equipment and the employer's business was important and, in finding fo...
Case | 26 May 2009
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24 hour licensing will be a headache for employers
...alcohol before or while carrying out work that is 'safety sensitive' will increase the risk of an accident. What the law says Employees are obliged to present themselves as being fit for work. Failing to do so can result in being sent home without payment. Employers have a general duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of their employees. If they knowingly allow an employee under the influence of excess alcohol to continue working and this places the employee or others at risk, employers could be prosecuted....
News | 14 Nov 2005
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Fire Safety Reform - employers' FAQs
... considered – the first fire regulations that specifically required a risk assessment to be undertaken to manage fire risk. Those regulations adopted a different approach from the prescriptive one take by the Fire Precautions Act 1971. “[The new approach] contrasts with the approach of other health and safety at work legislation, which is based on a general duty to provide safe working conditions; applies to the generality of workplaces and other premises; and is met through risk assessment by the employer. This more modern approach is the one adopted by European Community legislation on heal...
News | 31 Oct 2005
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Flu fears: Planning for employers
... Plans for employers As the seasonal surge of flu continues, this briefing considers what employers should be doing to protect their workforce and how they can prepare for the worst. Concerns about the rising numbers of flu cases and lack of available vaccine have hit the headlines this winter. The Health Protection Authority announced last week that the total number of deaths across the UK has now risen to 50. Of these, 45 were so-called `swine flu' cases, while five others were another strain `type B'. When swine flu first came to public awareness, back in 2009, the majority of fatalities were ...
News analysis | 11 Jan 2011
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Concern over Employers' Liability Insurance
A health and safety lawyer has expressed concern that a rising number of businesses have inadequate or no insurance. Law firm Irwin Mitchell say that since the recession, there has been noticeable increase in the number of calls from people who are unable to recover the cost of their care and rehabilitat...
News | 1 Dec 2010
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Snow patrol: How should employers prepare for adverse weather?
...yers should consider introducing an adverse weather policy and ensuring that this is adequately communicated to all employees ahead of any further adverse weather conditions. Such a policy should clearly set out the employer's position and explain how it will handle absence related to bad weather. Health and safety Finally, it is worth remembering that employers have a duty of care concerning the health and safety of their employees, so they should avoid putting undue pressure on employees to attend work if this could result in them taking unnecessary risks to get in. If the official advice is to s...
News analysis | 26 Nov 2010
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Employment legal aid to be cut
...ser-friendliness of the proceedings, and we note the availability of other sources of advice and funding and other routes to resolution. For these reasons, we propose to exclude all employment cases from the scope of civil legal aid." Legal aid will be retained for: asylum cases; mental health cases; debt and housing matters where someone's home is at immediate risk; and family law cases involving domestic violence, forced marriage or child abduction.
News | 16 Nov 2010
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Vetting and Barring Scheme halted
...legally obliged to refer information to the ISA if they have moved or removed an individual because they have harmed or there is a risk of harm to a member of a vulnerable group. The scope of the remodelling process – to be coordinated by the Home Office in partnership with the Department of Health and the Department for Education – is currently being finalised and will be announced shortly. More than 66,000 employers, charities and voluntary groups are now being informed directly of the change.
News | 15 Jun 2010
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Hemel Hempstead blast – would your business be prepared?
...y the closure of local schools and so have child care issues. Employers have to consider what their policy will be in these areas; will the employee’s wages be docked? Or will they have to take the time as holiday? What about the employees who have got into work? The law The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to develop procedures to deal appropriately with serious and imminent danger, and to nominate sufficient numbers of competent persons to activate those procedures. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 obliges employers to provide a safe enviro...
News | 12 Dec 2005
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IOSH clarifies gritting guidance
Following concerns over legal risks, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is urging businesses to "do the right thing" by clearing snow and ice from public areas.This call from the safety body to promote “good neighbourliness and care for employees’ safety” comes in the wake of reports in this weekend’s Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday, which ran stor...
News | 12 Jan 2010
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Call for school closures code
...ency plans for these occasions and that these plans comply with employment law. "For example, home working might be seen as a solution – obviously not for manufacturers and retailers – but business owners should be aware that it is their responsibility to ensure that employees' houses meet health and safety standards."
News | 7 Jan 2010
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Attack threat for UK ambulance workers
... ambulance staff, including body armour, currently only available to them in some parts of the country. Where workplace violence exists and is not managed, employers may well facelow morale, high staff turnover, and difficulties in recruiting associated with an environment that is not conducive to healthy working and has a poor reputation in the public eye. Further financial impacts may occur from civil action and resulting compensation payments, prosecution and increased insurance premiums. The HSE defines work-related violence as “any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulte...
News | 27 Feb 2009
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The driving force behind modern business travel?
...ncing or video laptop links. “I think the reason behind this change in attitude is down to external factors, including environmental impact and fuel prices. The fact that transport costs are reduced is a welcome by-product. “The other factor that’s changing the way we manage company cars is health and safety and the length of time spent behind the wheel. Whereas in the past you would expect a driver to travel hundreds of miles to a meeting and return the same day, they are now actively encouraged to stay overnight and rest. “Thanks to the rise in budget hotels and mobile office kit, the c...
News | 25 Feb 2009
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Blunkett: employees should work until incapable
...er than the date that the original decision is notified, as in stage 3. A further concern to employers arising from Blunkett’s suggestions could be considered to come with the phrase “to the point of our incapacity overtaking us”.Growing older does not necessarily symbolise a deterioration in health, and employers must remember this to avoid falling foul of age discrimination claims.But might moving towards a state of “incapacity” to work provide health and safety issues for employers of older workers?A report produced by the HSE, entitled Facts and misconceptions about age, health status ...
News | 5 Sep 2008
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Have a safe Red Nose Day
Some unusual activities will be taking place in workplaces across the UK tomorrow, as part of Red Nose Day 2007. While most employers will probably be entering into the charity spirit, they may also have concerns about the health and safety risks involved in hosting the odd three-legged race or selling homemade cakes in the office. While not wanting to discourage any employers in supporting the charitable efforts of their staff, Smita Jamdar, Partner at Martineau Johnson, points out that any activities which take place ...
News | 15 Mar 2007
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Britain fights to preserve its right to long working hours
... not distinguish between the active and inactive part of the workers' time on duty. They believe that the entire time spent on call should be counted as proper working time, and a limit of 48 hours per week should apply. The particular case they referred to in France involves workers in special health and social establishments, such as teachers or nurses at homes for the disabled. The court's decision is in line with previous rulings about regular doctors, nurses, or fire-fighters. The judges' interpretation of the working time law had earlier sparked serious concerns about the costs and availa...
News | 6 Dec 2005
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Confidential data - shredding the evidence
...y interesting to competitors). Recycle your confidential waste, post-destruction, to meet the organisation's environmental targets and ensure compliance with the Landfill Directive, the Packaging Waste Regulations and the WEEE Directive. · · · The NHS, responsible data management The National Health Service (NHS) is Europe's largest, single organisation and believed to be the world's third largest employer (superseded only by the Chinese Army and the Indian Railway). It employs approximately 1.3 million people in wide-ranging careers from scientists to gardeners and from IT specialists to m...
News analysis | 8 Sep 2009
