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Recession hasn’t affected health and safety, says CIOB
New research from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) suggests that 85% of senior level construction professionals don't believe the recession has affected the level of health and safety compliance in their company. Of the 1,260 respondents that took part in the CIOB's research, 35.7% also stated that their company had increased spending on health and safety (including training) over the last 12 months, compared to 12.6% who felt it had decreased. Almost 70% (6...
News | 25 Nov 2009
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Asbestos in schools "should be taken more seriously"
Sheena, I work in Facilities in a very large Civil Service Department. If you were to go into any one of the hundreds of buildings we occupy I guarantee that you would find a detailed Health & Safety file containing, amongst other things, a thorough Asbestos Survey report. As well as fulfilling my employer's Duty of Care by conducting a rigorous risk assessment programme, I'm also a Trade Union Health and Safety rep, so I wear both hats on occasion. I think I do a pretty good job, but ...
Comment | 12 Mar 2008
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Call for change in attitudes towards health and safety
The Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has called for a re-examination of what he calls “the national hypocrisy” surrounding health and safety. He argues that this hypocrisy is exemplified by the fact that issues like swine flu are taken seriously, while other topics are viewed with a derision that risks lives. In his report to RoSPA’s annual meeting, taking place in Birmingham today, Tom Mullarkey says that work to redu...
News | 13 Nov 2009
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Health and safety hasn't gone mad, says HSE report
An HSE study, exploring whether managers are unnecessarily banning activities because of health and safety concerns, has found that it is only a perception that health and safety has gone too far, and in practice a much more sensible approach is being taken. The aim of the study was to assess the extent to which disproportionate health and safety management occurs, and whether it is particula...
News | 20 Jun 2008
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Call for better health and safety during retail refurbs
Health and safety experts are calling for more care to be taken when refurbishing retail premises, in order to protect shop workers and customers from unnecessary risk. In light of recent incidents, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has reminded retailers of the seriousness of expo...
News | 22 Aug 2011
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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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Health and safety week of action underway
A week-long campaign to raise awareness of workplace health and safety issues is underway. Health and Safety Week of Action 2011 is running from February 28th to March 5th and focuses on a range of campaigning activities calling for more to be done to cut the number of people seriously or fatally injured at work. A particular focus of the campaig...
News | 2 Mar 2011
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Companies to be prosecuted for health and safety breaches over Potters Bar rail crash
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) announced yesterday that two companies face criminal proceedings for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA). The proceedings relate to the Potters Bar derailment that occurred on 10 May 2002, which resulted in the deaths of six passengers and one pedestrian, leaving 70 others injured. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is facing a charge under Section 3(1) of...
Case | 12 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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Government "not taking health and safety seriously"
The health and safety of Britain’s workforce is not being taken seriously by the coalition government, according to the union Unite.Unite joint general secretary, Tony Woodley, accused Lord Young, who is heading a review of health and safety for the coalition government, of being “offensive” after he ...
News | 14 Jul 2010
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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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Health and Safety (Offences) Act – the details
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Health and Safety (Offences) Act the details Health and Safety (Offences) Act the details After a relatively speedy passage, the Offences Act received Royal Assent last month and Explanatory Notes to the Act were published last week. Following all the fanfare surrounding the introduction of the new...
News analysis | 20 Nov 2008
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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 highlighted for waste management industry
The waste and resource management industry must take action to improve its health and safety record, according to a new study. In spite of health and safety initiatives across the sector, the waste management industry still suffers from a high accident and fatality rate.The results of the study carried out by Entec UK Ltd and funded through Defra's Waste and Resources Evidence P...
News | 20 Nov 2007
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Directors take leadership on health and safety guidance
A group of directors has created health and safety guidelines to help remind directors of organisations of all sizes that it’s their responsibility to lead on health and safety. The guide will also help directors to establish policies and practices that make it an integral part of their culture and values. The HSC and the Institute of...
News | 29 Oct 2007
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The dangers of not involving employees in health and safety
Employees in manufacturing are putting their employers, and other employees, at risk by not reporting accidents at work and so exposing their employers to potential prosecution for failing to comply with health and safety legislation. City & Guilds, which has embarked on a drive to encourage good working practices within the manufacturing industry, found that 80% of employees in SMEs estimate that up to a quarter of accidents are not reported to line managers. The severity of accidents varies, but one...
News | 29 Jun 2006
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Legalised ignorance? – the threat of health and safety legislative change
Introduction“Legalised ignorance" was the description by Stephen Hepburn MP of the alleged state of knowledge of health and safety matters in UK boardrooms when introducing his Health and Safety (Directors Duties) Bill in January 2005. That proposed legislation failed in the House of Commons on 4 March but it is not the first such attempt and will not be the last. This article analyses the recent prosecution of a ...
Case | 10 Mar 2005
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Call for change in attitudes towards health and safety
...s there have been a number of shall we say sort overly PC like councils that appear to have an anally retentive attitude to elf-an-safety one should not be toooo surprised that it had taken on a comical personna. Not only but also some of the stuff is really quit funny except where complacentcy and a degree of cockyness does get it all wrong as at the JLS event over the weekend demonstrates very well. The inability of anyone on the ground to identify that the risk factors had significantly changed and take charge of modifying the requirements in addition to an inadiquate method of crush co...
Comment | 16 Nov 2009
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Health and safety inspectors are too lenient with enforcement
An internal audit undertaken by the HSE into enforcement decisions by both HSE and Local Authority (LA) inspectors found that inspectors should be prosecuting in three times as many cases than they currently do. The audit report, which has been obtained by the Corporate Centre for Accountability (CCA) under the Freedom of Information Act, and has until now not been made publi...
News | 26 Apr 2007
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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
