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  1. Pre-employment training helps workers face redundancy

    Pre-employment training courses will make employees much better able to cope if they lose their job, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The organisation says that courses may not themselves reduce unemployment figures, but would leave people better placed to find a new job if...

    News | 24 Dec 2008

  2. Budget overview: ‘Helping people fairly’ or encouraging employers to discriminate?

    ...for long-term unemployed young people. Local Authorities will be subsidised for taking on extra staff, getting £1,500 for each person aged 18-24 who is recruited from the long-term unemployment register. Employers in other sectors will be tempted with £2,000 as a recruitment subsidy and help with pre-employment training costs. This is all very admirable, but how are employers suppose to reconcile this with their legal obligations? We have only just got to grips with the Age Discrimination Regulations that came into force in 2006, which prevent employers from treating people less favourably by reason of th...

    News analysis | 24 Apr 2009

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

    ... pornographic PLUS: Religion in the workplace, material count as sex discrimination? pensions and TUPE, age discrimination IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT P8 CONTENTS 06 07 08 14 17 18 22 25 LEGAL CALENDAR Legislative developments, consultations, conferences, training, publications and important diary dates for the six months ahead CONTENTS LETTERS Workplace Law Magazine readers comment on and argue against the legal developments affecting workplace management NO SMOKING? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit CODE OF CONDUCT The Code of Conduct has h...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005

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

    ...the details of around 1,700 individuals were stolen from an employee's home. Both laptops were password-protected but unencrypted ­ despite this being in breach of both councils' policies. The ICO fined Ealing Council £80,000, while ruling that £70,000 is appropriate for Hounslow Council. 32698 pre-employment screening firm, commented: "Allowing a new employee to start work before relevant background checks are completed is extremely bad business practice." 32724 Journalist jailed over £370,000 fraud A former sports editor at The People newspaper has been sentenced to jail for 15 months after it was f...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011

  5. ETs on the rise

    ...nfavourably where that treatment is not a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. 16 · Discrimination by association or based on perception. This will be extended to protect spouses, partners, parents and carers who look after a disabled person or older relative from discrimination. · Pre-employment health questionnaires. This new provision prohibits employers asking job applicants questions about their health and whether they have a disability. · Positive action in recruitment and promotion. This provision would enable employers to pick someone for a job from an under-represented group when ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010

  6. Dealing with bogus claimants

    ...up something sinister, and reduce the number of people who misrepresent themselves. You are making a clear statement that dishonesty will not be tolerated. However, many people still lie, arrogantly believing employers won't actually go as far as checking the facts. Despite the candidates signing a pre-employment screening consent form, almost a third (31.4%) of the screenings undertaken by Kroll Background Worldwide in the first two months of 2009 contained an irregularity. Therefore it is critical that a policy is enforced. Conducted in the right way, background screening for employment purposes is an ent...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010

  7. The world in your hands?

    ...d-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 Law, leading to the award of the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate. Contents In this issue ... LAteSt 05 EDITORIAL 2010: A decade of (climate) change. 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in early 2010. The benefits: n Study anywhere ­ from Dundee to Dover! ...

    Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010

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

    ...means they may not have access to professional human resources or occupational health personnel for help and advice on healthy lifestyles, and employees may feel that what they do in their private life and how they live it is no business of their employer. The BUPA report also suggests the value of pre-employment health assessment when most of today's research has shown it is of little value in either health or financial terms. The fact is that pre-employment health assessment is only valuable for two reasons: 1. Enabling employers to identify prospective employees with disabilities under the DDA in order t...

    Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009

  9. 2009: new beginnings

    ...ir businesses against stress claims, say Bettina Rigg and Steve Covell. death of the temp? Neil Archibald investigates... 20 chAllENgE 22 ENERGy pERfORmANCE ChALLENGES Twelve months ago, surveyor Ewen Sparks had only carried out "three or four" energy assessments in his nine-year career. But since training to carry out assessments for the new Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in July, Ewen has undertaken over 150 surveys in less than four months. Jamie Beatson reports... 20 SICk NOTES TO bECOmE A ThING Of ThE pAST? 2009 will see many new initiatives and strategies put in place to get more peopl...

    Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008

  10. Reality bites: managing in a recession

    ...ration Authority as sponsors before they can employ Migrant Workers. 15082 DECEmbER The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has announced that its remit is to be extended to Northern Ireland in 2009, creating a single regulatory scheme for the private security industry throughout the United Kingdom. Training leading to the SIA-approved qualifications will be available in Northern Ireland from December 2008. 16979 14 november The Government consultation on whether to alter the health and safety posters employers are currently required to display comes to an end. The proposed amendments to the legislati...

    Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008

  11. The sex issue

    ...ure to asbestos will only be `sporadic and low intensity' and below the control limit will not need to be carried out by a licensed contractor. 6708 The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 come into force on 1 October. They will: · ban age discrimination in terms of recruitment, promotion, training, provision of benefits; · ban all retirement ages below 65 ­ except where objectively justified; and · remove the current upper age limit for unfair dismissal and redundancy rights. From 1 October it will be an offence for gangmasters to work without a licence. The new regulations mean that lic...

    Magazine issue | 1 May 2006

  12. Survival of the fit note?

    ...ghts 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 Workplace Law IOSH Managing Safely Certificate Choose from one of three study modes to suit your individual needs: 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates for summer 2011. heaLth and safety, fM and enViROnMent uPdate 07 NEWS The Government spells out its aims to make the UK a 'zero waste' ec...

    Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011

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

    ...ions for environmental breaches could mean for employers. Page 27 CPd Essential guide to pension changes. Page 34 group workplace law health and safety workplace law human resources Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL The unkindest cut. workplace law environmental IOSh ACCREDITED TRAINING FROM WORkPLACE LAW IOSH Managing Safely Certificate Choose from one of three study modes to suit your individual needs: 1. Classroom 2. distance learning Study when you want 3. Refresher Revisit key topics from the Managing Safely course 9 February 2011, London 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative da...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

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

    ...ety Contents In this issue ... Latest 05 EDITORIAL Sense and misconception. iOsh Managing safely e-learning workplace law Through the Workplace Law Direct Study Centre you can study when you like, where you like, at the speed you want to. IOSH Distance workplace law Learning is a unique web-based training course from Workplace Law, environmental leading to the award of the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate. human resources 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates for winter 2010. The benefits: Study anywhere ­ from Dundee to Dover! Study at a time that suits you Save your company money by cuttin...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

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

    ...ng you need to know about inspired a jaded the new rules. Page 12 barrister to tackle risk assessment head on. Plus: Legal calendar | Comment The data | Clinic | Legal update Case law and more ... Page 22 contents Let's talk safety & health In this issue ... LATEsT 05 EDITORIAL Responsible for training? Got a headache brought on by changes to legislation? Given the frequency with which everything law-wise in the workplace alters, it wouldn't be a surprise. 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in April. 24 FocUs 12 DISpuTE RESOLuTION ­ A SLIppERy upWARD SLOpE? In 2004, new rule...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009

  16. Soap star: The hygiene special issue

    ...ed in landmark employment case. Page 10 The data | Clinic | Legal update Partner profile and more ... plus: Legal calendar | Comment How far can you go? Page 12 Building disabled toilets for the 21st century. Page 22 CipD certificate programmes leaDing to aSSoCiate memberSHip Workplace Law Training direct study centre contents In this issue ... laTesT The washroom is, after all, one of the only facilities that all workplaces have to have, providing many issues for managers to contend with: there are problems related to staff monitoring; allocation; disability and access; as well as germs th...

    Magazine issue | 3 Mar 2009

  17. Evacuation versus invacuation

    ...which contributed to the escalation of the incident, but one of the main ones was that evacuation systems failed. The workers aboard Piper Alpha had been told to make their way to the lifeboat stations but fire blocked their way. The Fire and Blast Information Group identified that, through lack of training or instruction (the PA system was broken), workers decided the only way to get out was to jump from the rig into the sea. Five men even jumped from the helideck, 175ft above the sea, to try and escape the blaze, but only two of them survived the fall. Following Piper Alpha, all offshore installatio...

    Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008

  18. Have we binned your Workplace Law Magazine?

    ...and suppliers and suppliers will be looking for employers to cover all the additional costs. It will be up to employers to work with suppliers to investigate how to try and get better value for money out of staff who will be getting more money. This could be done by giving them more responsibility, training them to increase their skill levels and looking at introducing systems and technology to reduce the dependency on staff. This is not an argument for making people redundant but is an opportunity to start to work smarter and more effectively and efficiently. It would be hoped that suppliers should u...

    Magazine issue | 7 Apr 2008

  19. London’s burning, where’s the engine?

    ... in the industry have their concerns, and from page 20 we address the issue of what constitutes a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. For those of you still troubled by new responsibilities under the forthcoming legislation, Workplace Law offers guidance and advice in the form of publications, training and consulting -- see page 16 for further details. Editor Assistant editor Design Photography Katy Brown T. 01223 431 053 Production Assistant Network Manager Publisher Contributors Gary Jobson London Fire Brigade istockphoto.com Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service Essex County Fire and Resc...

    Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2006

  20. The year of living dangerously

    ...commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 ­ interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS legal calendar 06 Letters 07 Keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their businesses The year of living 08 dangerously 2005 in review 12 Will `the bomber always 15 get through?' Tipping the balance 16 A heated debate 20 Issues of re...

    Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2005

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