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Non-UK drivers to be prosecuted under UK driving hours laws
Non-UK commercial vehicle drivers who break UK laws on drivers' hours could face on-the-spot fines and have their vehicles immobilised under new road safety proposals.The measures, published today (25 July) by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick, will enable the Police and examiners from the Vehicle Oper...
News | 25 Jul 2008
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Non-UK drivers to be prosecuted under UK driving hours laws
not before time.
Comment | 26 Jul 2008
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...tellent/groups/odpm_fire/do cuments/page/odpm_fire_028683.pdf Security Industry Authority www.the-sia.org.uk/ Dale Collins, Osborne Clarke 14 workplacelaw workplacelaw 15 Driving me mad Comment David Sharp endorsements, and checking them with the DVLA. And how many of you give instructions to drivers to help them use the specific vehicles in question? It's still all too common for people to be given the keys to a car, van or lorry and expected to drive off without so much as a word of caution. Driver training is becoming more commonplace, and one of the ironies is that money spent teaching basi...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...struction fatal accidents. 21801 Wake up to `silent killer' The Fleet Safety Forum, an initiative coordinated by Brake, the road safety charity, is urging companies to tackle the silent killer of driver tiredness in a new campaign. The Wake Up! Campaign is calling on employers to do more to manage drivers' schedules and health to prevent driver tiredness, particularly during the recession when employees might be under pressure to get more work done. 22110 ChAS for Workplace Law Workplace Law Group has achieved compliance with CHAS (Contractor Health and Safety Assessment Scheme). Explains Workplace...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
... heavily regulated industries in the UK in 2009 and you might come up with sectors such as financial services, oil and gas, energy production or construction. But take a drive down any major A-road or motorway at any time of the day and night and you might add another to that list haulage. Lorry drivers and fleet managers are governed by more than half a dozen criminal laws, covering a huge swathe of their day-to-day activities. From the basic rules of the road such as speeding, drink-driving, and having adequate insurance coverage, to new laws such as the recent ban on smoking in the workplace, t...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
... inspection by authorised personnel. If you have a non front-line Cash & Valuables in Transit licence you do not need to get another non front-line licence if you are involved in another area of licensable activity. For instance, if you are a director of a firm supplying Cash & Valuables in Transit drivers but you also supply door supervisors, you will not need to get a second non front-line licence. Any SIA licence, whether front-line or non front-line, allows you to act as a key holder. So, we know who should be licensed, but we don't know why so many still aren't. What do you do if your security o...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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Survival of the fit note?
...low Hotel fire. Page 24 Comment: Workplace Law's Neil McDiarmid advocates investing in people. Page 45 Legal update: Lessons learnt from the super-injunctions debacle. Page 16 Chartered course Iain Brodie, Chairman of the RICS Facilities Management Executive Group. Page 22 Rights of reply Solicitor's Association argues tribunal reform could lead to more red tape. Page 27 Plus: News and case round up of the leading FM, health and safety and HR stories ... workplace law health and safety Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL Note of caution. IOSH accredited training from Workplac...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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The Diversity Dilemma
...out the UK and Ireland to talk to people about the effects of stress and how it can be managed and reduced. 2329 November Road Safety Week, sponsored by road safety charity, Brake, takes place from 23 to 29 November 2009. The theme of this year's event is `Not a drop, Not a drag,' and encourages drivers never to drink any alcohol or take any illegal or impairing drugs before driving. Companies can choose to promote this theme or any other road safety theme of their choice that is appropriate to their business. 22705 DECEMBER 2009 31 December The Government's Trade Credit Insurance Top-up Scheme ...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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Old git, or still work fit?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace FEBRUARY 2006 ISSUE 14 Taking the p*ss Are you testing employees' urine? A waste of energy New legal duties to switch it off! Old git Or still work-fit? Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Pub...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
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Who's looking at you?
...ose who use the road most pay. Do we really need Big Brother tracking devices to advise on charges? All this will do is drive people to find ways to disable them or go on to smaller country roads not designed for the volume of traffic. As a fleet manager as part of my role how will we either charge drivers for their private use or reimburse for business use without additional administrative functions being added to an already busy day? This appears to be another half thought out idea or a back door way of introducing even higher taxes. Les Lane, Office Facilities Manager Raglan Housing Association Lt...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace May 2005 RELIGIOUS BELIEF? To what extent should employers cater for all faiths? DOES EVERYONE KNOW THERE'S A FIRE? Disability discrimination meets health and safety SOUNDING OFF New Noise at Work Regulations MIGRANT WORKERS Are you exploiting illegal immigrants? Plus: Fr...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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Directors' responsibilities for health and safety
...n Spree of Keymark Services. Mr Spree was sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2004 for his company's role in a road crash which killed three men. The crash was the result of serious road-safety breaches by the company, involving falsifying records and working long hours. All 10 full-time drivers, both directors and the company secretary were found guilty of various charges the judge commented that they were `encouraged by the incentive of a profit-sharing initiative.' Melvyn Spree admitted the manslaughter and 'Workers are losing their lives and it is only right that companies are held...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2005
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Open for Business
...chers found that employers may be at risk of underestimating employee ill health and may be missing warning signals by focusing on absence alone. 27401 Hands-free `distraction' Recent research has found that 97.5% of people can't talk on a hands-free mobile phone whilst driving without impairment. Drivers on hands-free mobile phones took 20% longer to hit the brakes when needed and following distances increased 30% as the drivers failed to keep pace with simulated traffic while driving. 27375 fOR MORe On this And OtheR heALth And sAfety neWs Go to ... www.workplacelaw.net/news www.workplacelaw.net ...
Magazine issue | 4 May 2010
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Dealing with bogus claimants
... qualified accountants, and when not offered an interview alleged age discrimination, had her claims dismissed on the basis emPLoyment uPdate 13 NEWS Workplace grievances predicted to rise this year; and smokefree legislation could extend to workplace entrances. 45 END NOTE Are you satisfied your drivers are properly trained, competent, sufficiently fit and healthy to drive, and are those driving their own cars for work, adequately insured? asks Dawn Girardi. 24 CENTRE OF ExCELLENCE David Sharp explains the challenges involved in choosing and preparing the new Workplace Law Executive Centre, openi...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010
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The world in your hands?
...oran, Chair of the BIFM People Management Special Interest Group. Page 22 Comment: The UK's first disability-specific law promotes individual needs. Page 45 | CPd Section: In-depth guidance on fire safety and TUPE. Page 30 Plus: The all new data section and news round-up of the leading Network stories ... Why employers must act quickly and decisively. Page 24 Page 27 ioSh managing Safely e-learning Through the Workplace Law Direct Study Centre you can study when you like, where you like, at the speed you want to. IOSH Distance Learning is a unique webbased training course from Workplace ...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
...lth Organization: www.who.int Mindful employer: www.mindfulemployer.net HSE: www.hse.gov.uk Physical activity In today's society few people do active jobs; many are sedentary workers in offices, using computers. Even in factories machinery is remotely controlled, and, on transport, train and other drivers remain seated. People get in their cars and drive to work or drive to the station and get on a train where once upon a time they walked or cycled to work. There is little exercise except walking from the station or the car Sliver Star: free diabetes testing at work Employers are playing an ever gr...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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Perk of the job? Managing the risks faced by loneworkers
... Members and affiliates share their thoughts and opinions ... Driving home the safety message James Luckhurst, Director, Drive Smarter Do those who drive as part of their work deserve their poor reputation? What risks do they pose, and what risks do they face? More important, what can be done -- by drivers and their employers -- to improve matters? Every day of the year, on average, there are ten deaths and more than 100 serious injuries resulting from crashes on our roads. Many of those involved are driving as part of their work, using lorries, taxis, vans, motorbikes, bicycles or construction vehic...
Magazine issue | 5 Jun 2008
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
workplacelaw 3 The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network The Fire Service takes a 'Boy who cried Wolf' approach to managing workplace false alarms strikes and your fire's not out! INSIDE THIS ISSUE NOVEMBER 2007 Issue 32 NEW: Partner profile "I was meant to be a weatherman" Dale Collins, Solicitor Advocate UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION Challenge Firefighters embark on a 1400-mile cycling test Page 26 Interview...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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Alcohol and employees - The morning after effect
The UK Government has now launched its annual Christmas drink-driving campaign; it is especially keen that at work drivers and their families are vigilant when driving the morning after a night out, particularly with continued evolution of the 24-hour drinking laws. It can take hours for alcohol to leave the body and drivers can unwittingly be over the limit as they drive to work the next day. In fact, research sug...
News | 30 Nov 2006
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Stress management special
workplacelaw Know-how to manage your workplace November 2004 Protective equipment Balancing health & safety with employment rights Pfizer UK Maria Hazard's enlightened approach to employee well-being Criminal records What do you really know about your employees? Commonhold New opportunities in freehold property mana...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2004
