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There are only three weeks to go before businesses face a mandatory obligation to register their use of chemicals. Legislation for enforcing REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) is laid before Parliament today (10 November), which will come into force when the pre-registration period ends and businesses must register their chemicals. The Statutory Instrument (SI) laid before Parliament forms the legal f...
News | 10 Nov 2008
Does this include normal cleaning products for tiny offices?
Comment | 11 Nov 2008
Almost every business in the UK will have new responsibilities under REACH, the HSE is warning, with just six weeks to go until the 1 June deadline for registration of new chemicals under the regulations. “REACH is not just about the chemical industry”, says Richard Bishop, Inspector HSE North East. “The regulations apply to a host of familiar things that we all hav...
News | 15 Apr 2008
...warded with an award-winning Please Chair, courtesy of Steelcase. Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law, Second Floor Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0870 777 8882 Email: kelly.mansfield@workplacelaw.net To contact Steelcase call 020 7874 0000 No agreement reached on mandatory retirement ages The taskforce set up to try and resolve the controversial issue of whether companies should be permitted to fix mandatory retirement ages has completed its work but without reaching agreement. According to the DTI, the taskforce will report shortly, outlining what ...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
...h weather related disruption. Page 40 Plus: News and case round up of the leading health and safety, FM and HR stories ... Matthew Powell-Howard, Accreditation Manager at NEBOSH, on achieving exam success. Page 22 Badge of distinction Green credentials What new civil sanctions 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 I...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
...small business like Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings under the Act is hardly akin to prosecuting the likes of Railtrack for its role in the Paddington Rail crash, it is a useful reminder that the law is now in place to ensure that an organisation can and will be penalised for major health and safety breaches. We'll be reflecting on the verdict during this year's FM Conference and HR Conference, which take place on 5-6 April at the Radisson Hotel Stansted. And as a taster of just some of the topics being discussed during the two days, this issue of Workplace Law Magazine includes specially commissione...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
... the greatest challenges the world faces, with significant consequences for the environment, society and the economy. Parliament, with strong support from across civic society and business, last year voted to set the most ambitious climate change targets anywhere in the world. "Scotland has already reached the half-way point in achieving our 2020 target of reducing emissions by 42%, but even if global emissions follow suit, this will not stop changes to the climate as a result of damage already done. So alongside action to reduce emissions, Scotland also must plan to adapt to the changing climate a...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
...he overall health and safety system and clarify the roles of the regulated, the regulator, the workforce and others affected by health and safety in Great Britain. 16615 1 december The first pre-registration period for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and 16278 Restriction of Chemicals (REACh) comes to an end on 1 December 2008. REACH, the new EU chemicals regulation, requires that chemical substances manufactured in, or imported to, the EU, in annual quantities of one tonne or more per company, have to be registered with the European Chemicals Agency. 16810 An hSE campaign to raise aw...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
...ety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA) impose strict liability on employers regarding employees and non-employees, and in recent years there have been various attempts to persuade the courts that this should be mitigated where the acts of others, such as contractors, have caused or contributed to an apparent breach of the regulations. Bernie Sheehan explores what employers can learn from recent high-profile cases. LEGAL UPDATE 26 Case law Legal experts offer their advice to employers on the implications of recent case law. 28 Technical guidance Making TUPE work for your business; Provision of goods and ser...
Magazine issue | 16 May 2007