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Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?
Know-how to manage your workplace October 2004 Disability access Are you ready for 1 October? Love contracts Managing office romances Implementing disciplinary and grievance procedures Workplace disputes Face facts Holiday Inn's all-encompassing approach to DDA compliance Battling for hearts and minds How much do you really know about disability legislation? EMPLOYMENT LAW HEALTH & SAFETY PREMISES MANAGEMENT Con...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004
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ETs on the rise
...n important contributory factor to a workplace fatality. THE CLAIMANT THE EMPLOYER WITNESS A WITNESS B WITNESS C eMPLOyMent uPdAte 13 NEWS More on Government plans to reduce excessive regulation; and time is called on the Default Retirement Age. The suggestion that accidents don't happen in office environments is a total fiction, says James A Sampson. 46 DIARY Coming soon from Workplace Law. 24 FIRE PROOF A recent decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold a record £400,000 fine against a retailer for breaches of fire safety obligations is a reminder to all non-residential building manager...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010
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Energy management special issue
...th Proposals for minimum standards of water efficiency in new commercial buildings were published for consultation in December 2006. The deadline for comments is 9 March 2007. The new proposed regulations will apply in respect of the domestic uses of water in commercial buildings such as shops and offices, · Changes to Part B (Fire Safety) of the building regulations will come into force. 8212 5133 6 workplacelaw WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL MEAN? Go to ... www.workplacelaw.net enter the four-digit code in the search box and link direct to the latest information forum Subject Online advisor Share ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2007
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DSE Assessment
... chair when what they actually needed was a reading aid and a larger monitor). The simple solution is to ensure that employees who sit to work have adjustable seating, and allow them to adjust the seat to suit them. Make sure the seating is correctly maintained, and suitable for the task. Most office chairs have a maximum safe weight of 18 stone... Tony
Comment | 23 Sep 2008
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fit for work who decides: the legal answer
...sk assessment as a manager and a lay person; what is likely to hurt them? If they had to lift heavy boxes of paper as soon as they start work this is likely to hurt them and delay recovery, but lifting one telephone directory is most unlikely to do so. Sitting in a good comfortable adjustable office chair should be fine, but sitting in an old hard four-legged chair is unlikely to help. They should not have to twist awkwardly at their desk, but should be able to face any screen and rotate their chair rather than twist round for things they have to lift. I normally advise people recovering f...
Comment | 16 Jul 2008
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Help stamp out workplace back pain
...reason they are not working HSE estimated that work-related musculoskeletal disorders cost employers between £590 million and £624 million per annum HSE demonstrated that for every £1 spent in insured accident costs, up to a further £36 can be spent on uninsured costs. Make your office back friendly To prevent back pain in the Workplace you need to think about how you sit at your desk, use your computer, lift and carry things, push or pull heavy loads. Choosing an ergnomic office chair is as important as your filing. Always adjust your workstation to suit you, whether you're wor...
News | 17 Oct 2005
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No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit
... Buckton Ltd 23 GMB 8 Goldsmiths University of London 34 Health and Safety Commission 6, 29 Health and Safety Executive 6, 8, 27, 30 John Chivers Commercial 14 Loughborough University 33 MacRoberts Solicitors 17 Mills & Reeve Solicitors 25, 33 Ministry of Defence 24 Mitie Cleaning South East Ltd 27 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 14 Pinsent Masons Solicitors 22, 34 QUIT 8 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors 14 Security Industry Authority 6 SHL (UK) Ltd 33 Smoke Free Systems 8 South Tyneside Council 27 St. Andrews Homes Limited 8 Thompsons 8 Trades Union Congress17, 19 UMIST 34 University of R...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005
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Playing with numbers: TUPE special issue
... · From 1 April end users with poorly performing monitored fire alarm systems will be required to apply for a Unique Reference Number from their Fire Service to continue to receive an immediate response. 4974 · Proposals to streamline the business rates appeals process have been announced by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Under the new proposals, a ratepayer will be able to appeal against the rateable value of their business premises at any time during the five-year life of the rating list (1 April 2005 to 31 March 2010). 11th Comic Relief's Red Nose Day takes place on 11 March. A new ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...the front cover and focusing on a subject like disfigurement, you've positioned yourself as a magazine that is determined to challenge people on their attitudes and encourage people to understand complex issues like disfigurement which still have so much stigma attached. Alison Rich, Communications Officer, Changing Faces I read David Sharp's article [Money for nothing, November issue, p. 19] with interest. We have had such bad luck in the past with recruitment agencies that we have a policy not to use them at all any more. David Sharp did not mention one issue that has always been a concern with us...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
... training course from Workplace Law, environmental leading to the award of the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate. human resources The benefits: Study anywhere from Dundee to Dover! Study at a time that suits you Save your company money by cutting out travelling costs and time spent out of the office Greater flexibility allows you to study around your existing work commitments Booking line: 0871 777 8881 Buy online: www.workplacelaw.net/iosh Please quote reference 1843 when booking. Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL Conference call 06 LEGAL CALENDAR April 2011's common comm...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
...LANS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS The development of evacuation plans for wheelchair users has presented the greatest challenges for facilities manager Andrew Evans. CHALLENGE 26 CHARIOTS OF FIRE A retiring firefighter's personal quest to cycle a 20 FIRE REFORM: IN 10 YEARS' TIME, WILL PEOPLE BE DYING IN OFFICES? Claire Fuller asks the Department for Communities "'The fear is of course that in ten years' time people will start to die in offices.' Could there be any truth to this statement?" P. 20 3 www.workplacelaw.net All the information you need to reconcile fire safety and disability in your workpl...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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DSE Assessment
...should also allow the users to recline on the chair while still supported but not beyond 137 degree as they may go to sleep!!. By leaning back on the chair you need to open and close the body angles at the hips, knees and anckles These are the very general things that we should be looking for in office seating. The existing 1992 legislation is so out of date it is a joke to be honest. Carrying out DSE Assessments on people who dont have a product they can actually sit on properly that is designed with a human element is pretty pointless.
Comment | 9 Oct 2008
