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  1. Many businesses unaware of redundancy regulation

    ...s enormous, warns the firm. Employment Partner, Tom Flanagan, said:  "Companies are leaving themselves open to claims from employees and unions if the redundancy process isn't carried out correctly. These figures show there is a level of complexity surrounding collective redundancy exercises that many businesses haven't got to grips with.  "The half of respondents (48%) who did not anticipate any complications with their potential redundancy programmes should probably think again as a redundancy exercise is rarely problem free." Are you looking to cut costs by restructuring your workforce or ...

    News | 20 May 2009

  2. Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill

    ... statement of concerns about the proposed new Pregnant Workers Directive; and research shows disabled people are restricted in their access to paid employment. 45 END NOTE Our first cover star, Susan Campbell Duncan, on the provisions for disabled people in the Equality Act. 34 PENSIONS PROvISION Many people find the details of pensions provision confusing. Alice Hill explains both state and private pensions, and some of the proposed changes. 22 TESTING TIMES Matthew Powell-Howard, Accreditation Manager at NEBOSH, tells Sara Bean how occupational safety, health and environmental management is i...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  3. Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act

    ...Alex Davies managing Editor Sara Bean Latest | Editorial A Lot'S ChANGED SINCE 1974 ... On 31 July 1974, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act received Royal Assent. So, after 35 years and huge changes in the way people in the UK work, is it still fit for purpose? That was a question we asked of many different experts this month ­ and the answer was a resounding yes. Judith Hackitt, the Chair of the HSE, told Workplace Law Magazine that the HSAW is one of the best pieces of legislation ever written, and one she believes will eventually lead to the number of workplace deaths per year being in t...

    Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009

  4. Business as usual? London bomb blasts

    ...e into force, and as such the issue was dedicated to the topic. One year later, this special birthday issue revisits the subject to establish how far we have come since that date. Although by October 2004 employers and service providers had had years to get to grips with their duties under the Act, many were still confused as to what it meant for them when the deadline hit. For example, a number of businesses were failing to understand what the term `reasonable adjustment' meant, assuming that it always led to physical alterations. There was also an apparent lack of understanding as to what consti...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005

  5. No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit

    ...zine, March issue). Smoking is an emotive issue. If you banish smoking rooms, much will depend on what you decide to do for the people who used to smoke in them. Will you allow smokers to use a designated smoking area outside the building? Or to have a cigarette in the street or in the car park? In many businesses this could mean a time-consuming journey down several storeys to light up, and then a reverse journey back to the workplace. If undertaken four or five times per day, this could result in a significant loss of work time, possibly up to an hour of a normal eight-hour working day. There ar...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005

  6. Widespread Ignorance of Law on IT Equipment Disposal

    ...ey suggests that there are indications that some UK businesses are already adopting their own positive systems for disposal. Almost half the businesses surveyed (47 per cent) either claimed to resell or pass on for re-use their old equipment. Families and friends become the main beneficiaries in many cases (48 per cent) with a further 30 per cent passed to charities and ‘not-for-profit’ organisations. The figures also demonstrated that 24 per cent of businesses are recycling electronic and electrical equipment. This shows a marked increase from MIREC's survey results one year ago, when o...

    News | 8 Jul 2003

  7. Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?

    ...o developments in the coming year. 14 CASE LAW Booking line: 0871 777 8881 Buy online: www.workplacelaw.net/iosh Please quote reference 1843 when booking. Man who ran while off sick found guilty of fraud; and employer's job advert for a `younger' person is discriminatory. 27 ONWARDS AND UPWARDS Many employers have had to cope with the economic downturn. Vanessa James offers advice on how to get the most out of your workforce. 15 COMMENT Rebecca Lake and Adam Lawrence of Davenport "Lord Young obviously had his ears bent from local authorities, the schools sector and retailers, and if he had t...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

  8. Evacuation versus invacuation

    .... Behavioural studies have repeatedly shown that the most natural instinct in the event of an evacuation is to leave by the same route used for entry and asking someone to wait in a safe place when others are exiting the building completely may be met with understandable resistance. There have been many high profile incidents where the evacuation strategy has been key to survival. So what has worked -- and what hasn't? platform, Piper Alpha, to explode. The incident escalated from a gas leak on the platform to Piper Alpha being engulfed in a fireball in less than half an hour, leading to the deat...

    Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008

  9. Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?

    ...e into force, and as such the issue was dedicated to the topic. One year later, this special birthday issue revisits the subject to establish how far we have come since that date. Although by October 2004 employers and service providers had had years to get to grips with their duties under the Act, many were still confused as to what it meant for them when the deadline hit. For example, a number of businesses were failing to understand what the term `reasonable adjustment' meant, assuming that it always led to physical alterations. There was also an apparent lack of understanding as to what consti...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005

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