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Government intentions for health and safety regulation
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Government intentions for health and safety regulation Government intentions for health and safety regulation The Government has revealed its intentions in relation to some key areas of health and safety law and management, in its response to the DWP report 'The role of the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety E...
News analysis | 3 Jul 2008
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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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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Same old dlo emaS Has health and safety really changed after the Young Review? inside this issue NOV/DEC 2010 Issue 57 Created equal Morale boost How to motivate and engage recession-hit staff. Page 27 CPd First aid provision within the workplace Page 30 Comment: BPA views on Government plans for wheelclamping. Page 45 ne...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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Corporate Health and Safety Briefing
How well equipped is your organisation to deal with a serious accident or fatality at work? If you were subject to an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive or the police, how would you manage the interview process? Do you, and your board of directors, understand the importance of recently introduced corporate manslaughter legislation? The first company to be prosecuted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2...
Course_code | 10 Feb 2012
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974-2009 HSWA revieWed JULY/AUGUST 2009 Issue 49 in sickness and in health Why the health agenda should not be overlooked. Page 12 Heated debate When is it legally too hot to trot? The elephant in the room The poor legislation no one wants to talk about. Page 18 Commen...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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Directors' responsibilities for health and safety
workplacela law know-how to manage your workplace february 2005 SHOCK TACTICS Do directors really have anything to fear in new health and safety legislation? MUDDLING THROUGH Managing dyslexia in the workplace WHAT IS `WORK'? Deciphering the boundaries of an employer's duty to protect POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT How effectively does the HSE impose health and safety law? PLUS: COSHH, fire safety legislation, the Road Transport Direc...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2005
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Health and safety for homeworkers: the considerations
This week, Workplace Law is looking at health and safety at home, and considering whether it really is a concern for employers. So what should employers and managers be considering when it comes to the health and safety of their employees working at home? Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA), employers have a duty to prote...
News | 3 Aug 2007
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BBC Panorama: health and safety a laughing stock?
...st make some serious points, to accusations that it missed some golden opportunities to redress the balance in the light of the media obsession with the evidence of overzealous application of trivial rules and regulations. I stand by my first reaction to the programme, that the journalist wanted health and safety to be there, protecting people against all the serious bad things, but that he didn't want health and safety to be there getting in the way of the trivial things. There seemed a comfortable reliance on hindsight in some of his arguments - hence it was okay to mock the training in ladder ...
Comment | 23 Apr 2009
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Health and Safety in the workplace/Workstation assessment
We have just completed the Croner interactive training in Health and Safety together with workstation assessments for office and home workers for the first time as a whole company. The interactive training took each member of staff anywhere between 2-3 hrs and the collating of the workstation assessments and remedial works are still ongoing. This was and is ver...
Comment | 16 Dec 2003
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Lofstedt report: Reactions from Workplace Law and more
Following the publication of the Lofstedt report yesterday, we round up the reactions of key industry spokespeople. Workplace LawSimon Toseland, head of health and safety at Workplace Law, said: “Workplace Law has always advocated a common-sense approach to complying with health and safety regulations - they are there to prevent injuries, ill health and fatalities associated with workplace activities. We believe that the findings of Lofstedt’s report...
News | 29 Nov 2011
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Sweeping changes
...stainability. Page 22 Climate change Rules of engagement How to ensure your contractors are competent. Page 24 Cup challenge A bad case of football fever? Page 27 Plus: A new-look data section, news round-up of the leading network stories and Workplace Law news update ... group workplace law health and safety Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL Seismic shift. iOsh Managing safely e-learning workplace law Through the Workplace Law Direct Study Centre you can study when you like, where you like, at the speed you want to. IOSH Distance workplace law Learning is a unique web-based tr...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...dard Producer responsibility Taxation and fiscal measures Waste management Water quality, regulation and efficiency Introduction to Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL Welcome to the new-look Workplace Law Magazine. 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in Autumn 2009. HeaLtH aNd safety uPdate 07 NEWS Swine flu contingency plans needed; tackling driver tiredness; danger and delay in Pleural plaques decision. 28 fixed-term worker wins permanent contract. confidential information within the NHS is a massive undertaking, reports Anthony Pearlgood. 22 NetwoRk 34 fORUM fOC...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...igator Taf Powell. Buncefield and your business: the lessons that all businesses can learn. Page 30 Legal update: REACH and facilities management. Page 26 plus: Legal calendar | Comment The data | Clinic | Client focus Case law and more ... Page 7 Page 22 Page 20 Contents Let's talk safety & health In this issue ... LaTEsT 05 EDITORIAL Responsible for training? At 6.03 a.m. on 11 December 2005, journalist Colin Campbell was live on BBC News 24."I actually can just tell you that I've heard a very, very large explosion just behind me a few seconds ago," he says, turning round to see if he c...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Health hazards: Dave Hampton's challenge to cut carbon consumption Page 26 keeping a lid on panic Hazards special issue FEBRUARY 2008 Issue 34 THE EMISSIONS MISSION PRINTERS: As harmful to health as cigarette smoke? The implications of purchasing and office planning decisions Page 16 Interview: The ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008
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Nick Clegg announces regulator shake-up
...uggestion that inspections could be limited to a total of two per business per year. He said: “Changing the mindset within central government is one thing. But we make the rules – we don’t enforce them. There are a range of bodies responsible for inspection: HMRC, the Environment Agency, the Health...
News | 25 Oct 2011
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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Cultivating suCCess 9 ways to cut costs legally and stimulate growth in your organisation Forum focus Health and safety gone nuts! Workplace Law members on BBC's Panorama programme: is now the time to stand up and be counted? Page 19 COST-CUTTING SpeCIal JUNE 2009 Issue 48 legal update: Updating contracts a way to save money? Page 26 posting successful results Controversial cuts: the Royal Mail stor...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
.... 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 update Case law and more ... Page 22 contents Let's talk safety & health In this issue ... LATEsT 05 EDITORIAL Responsible for training? Got a headache brought on by changes to legislation? Given the frequency with which everything law-wise in the workplace alters, it wouldn't be a surprise. 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in April. 24 FocUs 1...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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If the Working Time Regulations opt-out is removed…
...he important point is that forewarned is forearmed, so it is advisable to consider measures that could be taken to reduce dependency on long hours of work in advance of the possible changes. Remember that there are benefits to reducing long working hours. Improving working practices will reduce the health and safety risks associated with tired and overworked employees and can lead to a happier and more productive workforce. Workplace Law Group, Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE t 0871 777 8881 f 0871 777 8882 1 © Workplace Law Group 2009 All rights reserved If the W...
News analysis | 6 Feb 2009
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Warning over dangers of 'elf 'n' safety' coverage
Hi, Just a couple of things I wanted to point out here, as I work as a Health and Safety Facility Manager for a well known Floor Care brand. "Health and safety law is probably the only law in the land whereby you are guilty first and have to prove your innocence, rather than innocent until proven guilty" - wrong. Employment law and I also believe Financial Law works on th...
Comment | 19 Mar 2010
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Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how
...f the Employment Tribunal system that sometimes provide the most outrageous results in case law. Claire Fuller looks at the top ten silliest cases. ChALLENgE 26 REpLACING ThE DISpuTE RESOLuTION pROCEDuRES With the repeal of the ThE dATA 32 ThIS mONTh'S STATISTICS Key statistics and information on health and safety and employment law. FOCUS 10 EmpLOymENT TRIbuNALS ARE ChANGING ... buT DON'T TELL ANyONE www.workplacelaw.net 18 hOW ARE DISpuTES RESOLvED INTERNATIONALLy? Kelly Mansfield speaks to the Labor and Employment "Industry waits with bated breath to see whether the Government will adopt the...
Magazine issue | 13 May 2008
