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

    ...d the wellbeing of every worker. The mental health implications of relying heavily on remote communication are serious and communicating online can be alienating. The role of the office is still to give a business structure and a link to its workers. With people having to delay or cancel retirement plans due to finances, the office is being given its time to shine. Technology means that the office could be redundant in the future but the economic and health implications could spiral out of control and a large part of what we know as `community' will disappear. A solution is needed that means flexib...

    Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009

  2. 48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max

    ... Member States in the conciliation process" and promises to work closely with the incoming Czech Presidency to deliver a workable solution. Even if this `workable solution' is not found and the opt-out is removed, David Walker says the opt-out will not be scrapped in the very near future: "The EP's plans are for the opt-out to lapse three years after the amended Working Time Directive comes into force. It is therefore unlikely to directly affect employers in the UK until 2011 or 2012." If the opt-out is kept in the Directive, there will be some changes to it that employers will have to be mindful o...

    Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009

  3. Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business

    ...to make staff redundant. Price is less concerned about the effects of minimum wage rises on her business: "I have always held that if you pay peanuts you get monkeys," she says. "We pay competitive prices to get good workers." Some employers may face greater difficulties in the future if government plans to vary the minimum wage according to region come to fruition. This could see employers in London and the South East paying up to £6.90 per hour. Employing younger people could also become much more expensive if lobby group, the Employers' Forum on Age (EFA), is successful. It has tabled an Early ...

    Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007

  4. Licence to… protect your workplace?

    workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace JUNE 2006 ISSUE 18 Parking at work The legal issues Licence to... ...protect your workplace? Remote-controlled security BT on the risks of a mobile workforce Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2006 - interactive business and professional Highly commended: PPA Magazin...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006

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

    ...etwork 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 network news: Including Workplace Law's new 3,000 sq ft HQ. Page 24 Plus: News and case round up of the leading health and safety, FM and HR stories ... ACAS' Head of Equality and Diversity gives his verdict on the Equality Act. Page 22 group workplace law health an...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

  6. Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth

    ... save much money, the fact that they are being 14 www.workplacelaw.net 15 Focus | Case study After the Gurkhas and MPs' expenses, you'd have thought the Government might have wanted to keep its head down for a while. But, no, next month ( June) will see the House of Commons voting on government plans to part-privatise that much-loved, as well as much-criticised, national institution, the Royal Mail. The bill, which has been introduced by Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, will allow for up to 49% of Royal Mail to be sold to a private company, but will at the same time bail out the organisation...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

  7. Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!

    ...n the organisation." When Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) instructed government officials to review the implementation of extended rights for working parents to ease the pressure on employers, it was commonly felt that the plans ­ which would have seen all parents of children under the age of 16 entitled to request flexible working ­ would be shelved while Britain rides out the current economic turmoil. Under existing flexible working regulations, over six million employees are entitled to request to work flexibly. Gover...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009

  8. 2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead

    ...om of Information Acts for both Scotland and the UK will be fully implemented. Although mutually exclusive, both Acts create a general right to information held by a public authority. Combined Equality and Human Rights Commission ­ more detail The Queen's Speech 2004 confirmed that the Government plans to establish a single Combined Equality and Human Rights Commission (CEHR) to replace the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission by 2008. After Parliament has passed the Act to create the CEHR, a `shadow CEHR' will be formed to facili...

    Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004

  9. It’s a WRAP

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network inside this issue NOV/DEC 2011 Issue 63 Changing times David Sharp, MD of Workplace Law, outlines exciting new plans. Page 22 Rules of RiddOR Latest guidance on reporting of injuries and ill health at work. Page 34 Comment: How green is our government? asks Alison Doig, Christian Aid. Page 9 Legal update: Employment Tribunal reform ­ a step too far? Page 16 Partied out Not every workplace event is incidentfre...

    Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011

  10. The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference

    ...ction in compensation, or (where no compensation is awarded) a possible costs award. Such a measure is likely to make both parties consider settlement offers much more seriously, and could prevent claims unnecessarily proceeding to a hearing. Speeding up the process Employers are likely to welcome plans to speed up the Tribunal process. Judges may be permitted to sit alone (at present, two `wing-members' sit with them) and witness statements may no longer be read out by witnesses at the hearing. There could also be additional powers for Tribunals to strike out claims with little prospect of succes...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011

  11. Sweeping changes

    ...ver employees. 24 EAT: The fact that an employer treats a disabled person unreasonably, even in a matter related to his disability, does not necessarily mean that it does so because that person is disabled. 16 LEGAL UPDATE New Government: New employment laws ­ a legal analysis of the Coalition's plans for government; and the key aspect of UK law relating to industrial action is the fact it is phrased as immunity from criminal liability, rather than a `right'. 08 CASE LAW Drug mix-up led to patient's death; and company boss ordered to pay £130,000 for fire safety breaches. COntinuinG PROfessiO...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010

  12. Soap star: The hygiene special issue

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network S ap star Dr Chris Flower on why employers should make rash decisions Hygiene special issue MARCH 2009 Issue 45 comment: Do the toilets in public buildings have to be public too? Page 9 Monitoring washroom breaks Toilet ratios Just how many toilets is your workplace meant to have? Page 16 changing attitudes case law: Disability ruling applied in landmark employment case. Page 10 The data | Clinic | Legal update Partner p...

    Magazine issue | 3 Mar 2009

  13. Euromillions

    ...ean Week for Safety and Health at Work ­ the time when employers across the continent should be sharpening their approach to health and safety management. 20 ThE OThER NEW pRESIDENT Nattasha Freeman is set to become the new president of IOSH in November. Here she speaks to Claire Fuller about her plans for the year ­ and IOSH's plans to keep on campaigning for better understanding of risk management. ThE dATA 32 ThIS mONTh'S STATISTICS Key figures and information on health and safety and employment law. 26 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on risk management in the workpl...

    Magazine issue | 2 Oct 2008

  14. Has the HSE lost its bite?

    ...mendments will raise the energy performance of new buildings by 20% for dwellings and up to 27% for other buildings. The usual transitional arrangements have been cut from the maximum of three years to just 12 months to speed up the uptake of the Regulations. All new buildings without full building plans approved by 6 April must comply with the new Part L of the Building Regulations from 6 April 2006. Co-authored by Mick Dalton, Chairman of the BIFM this comprehensive special report will: · · · · · · Offer practical guidance on the implications of new and upcoming legislation. Contain cutting...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006

  15. Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?

    ...he obstacles that existed and moving to improve accessibility and equality of opportunity in the way they run their business and manage their buildings, they will have succeeded. Unfortunately, despite knowing the issues, some employers and service providers seemed to think they could start to make plans in October 2004, rather than having them completed by that date. They are the ones who now have real problems because making access inherent to what you do as a company takes time. They have made themselves vulnerable to challenge because they now have no time to deal with it. Disabled people and t...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005

  16. Business as usual? London bomb blasts

    ...he obstacles that existed and moving to improve accessibility and equality of opportunity in the way they run their business and manage their buildings, they will have succeeded. Unfortunately, despite knowing the issues, some employers and service providers seemed to think they could start to make plans in October 2004, rather than having them completed by that date. They are the ones who now have real problems because making access inherent to what you do as a company takes time. They have made themselves vulnerable to challenge because they now have no time to deal with it. Disabled people and t...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005

  17. Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?

    ...and further details would be announced this autumn'. It missed the deadline. In June 2004, Baroness Scotland commented that the Government is still aiming to publish a draft Bill before the end of the current parliamentary session in October 2004. A recent article in The Independent speculates that plans to introduce a corporate manslaughter law may have been repeatedly delayed because ministers fear that legislation could backfire on them. The newspaper quotes one Whitehall source as saying that `John Reid or even Gordon Brown could be liable if someone died in hospital as a result of funding deci...

    Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004

  18. Open for Business

    ...e offences to which the sanctions relate are limited but the range of offences may be extended considerably in the future. Therefore, industries that are unlikely to commit offences within the current scope should want to take an interest in the proposals for implementation. Importantly, the Agency plans to apply the sanctions to the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 and for flood risk management offences, which may have a wide impact. The criteria for assessing which sanctions (if any) the Agency should employ, the proposed governance arrangements and the proposed methodology for calculati...

    Magazine issue | 4 May 2010

  19. Dealing with bogus claimants

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Are you laying yourself open to bogus claimants? inside this issue MAR/APR 2010 Issue 53 Comment: Ensuring home workers aren't vulnerable to musculoskeletal problems. Page 9 CPd section: First in a two part guide to absence management; manual handling explained. Page 30 Fit for purpose Readying the new Workplace Law Executive...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010

  20. Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it

    ...lacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network the aftermath and what you can learn from it BUNCEFIELD spECIaL IssUE disaster Buncefield The planner Peter Power on Olympic-sized emergencies, and what to do about them. MAY 2009 Issue 47 Evacuate! The contingency plans to save city centre businesses in an emergency. The investigator Interview with the HSE's Buncefield investigator 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...

    Magazine issue | 5 May 2009

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