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Reports calls for major re-think of mental health at work
There is a clear case for a new approach to mental health in the workplace, a major report published today has claimed.The report by the Foresight Group and sponsored by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), reveals the findings of an extensive study involving over 400 leading international experts,...
News | 22 Oct 2008
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
...website but they are all to do with safety. There are few myths about `health'! Greta Thornbory is the author of Workplace Law's Occupational Health 2008: Making the Business Case Special Report. Using case studies, examples from professional experience and the findings of the many Government reports and surveys on the subject, the special report focuses on the advantages of occupational health services, and the benefits they can provide to a company, in terms of financial savings, increased employee morale, and improved corporate image. See www.workplacelaw.net/bookshop/ specialReports/id/640....
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...ure that a person who has suffered a reportable injury has had a professional medical assessment. Injuries lasting longer than three days would continue to be recorded through the explicit requirement for employers to use accident books. Businesses would see a significant reduction in the number of reports they need to make; it would also improve the accuracy of national statistics. "RIDDOR can often be seen as a cumbersome system, and compliance is estimated at around 50%. There is evidence from the HSE of under-reporting of RIDDOR, which makes me question its successful operation. Additionally, the...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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The year of living dangerously
... NEC arena, runs from 9-11 May 2006. The annual event is for safety and health professionals in the UK. The HSE's main Workplace Health and Safety Survey (WHASS) ends in May. Since October 2005 the HSE has sponsored a series of surveys that focus on a wide range of workplace factors as well as self-reports of work-related injury and illness. These surveys make up the WHASS programme. As a follow up to Ladders Week 2005, a week where HSE inspectors worked with ladder users and their employers, HSE inspectors will be holding a similar event in May 2006 to give duty holders information to help them to e...
Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2005
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Who's looking at you?
...viewing your data? We have entered the electronic era. Fraudsters no longer need to break into your premises to get their hands on your confidential data -- they can access it by connecting to the web in their own homes. Or perhaps one of your employees could kindly email it to them? Francis Davage reports 8 workplacelaw without access to our computer networks, internet and email programmes and digital telephone systems. Why, then, are employers not more concerned about protecting these systems and the vital information they store? Aren't we just handing fraudsters our confidential information on a...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
...ter of the month After considering legal advice that the policy was `unlawful' and fundamentally flawed, the Health and Safety Commission has been forced to review a policy that restricted its inspectors from enforcing health and safety law in relation to public safety issues . In response to these reports, John Shaw had this to say... The Human Rights Act is a truly remarkable piece of legislation: it can be used for anything from allowing a schoolgirl to dictate what she may wear as a school uniform to determining how the Health and Safety Commission run their operation. Considering that its intent...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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Survival of the fit note?
...ment Briefing Code of Practice is a new British Standard in the area of design; and how heating and ventilation control technology can help you meet legislative carbon requirements. fOCus 18 SURVIVAL OF THE FIT NOTE One year on and the fit note has made no inroads on levels of sickness absence, reports Sara Bean. 34 DOES THE POLLUTER PAY? Colin Malcolm examines the extent to which the polluter pays principle can actually be enforced on business. 45 END NOTE Employers that think employing a new member of staff is too expensive tend to be those who recruit because of churn rather than growth, say...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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Open for Business
...partment for Communities and Local Government has launched a consultation on the better use of Energy Performance Certificates. It includes proposals to extend and manage access to data held on the EPC registers; extend the use of DECs to commercial buildings; and make lodgement of Air Conditioning Reports on the England and Wales non-domestic EPC register mandatory. 27465 Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010 ture A fu r all fo fair fair taxes for every child that put money back in your pocket a fair chance a fair future creating jobs by making Britain greener they wanted, nearly a third of HR profe...
Magazine issue | 4 May 2010
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Sustainability and the role of human wellbeing
... it is not just about "doing no harm"; it is about "doing good". This requires that business looks through the lens of both risk and opportunity if they are to gain from the commercial advantage available (Michael E. Porter "Strategy and Society", Harvard Business Review 2005). Sustainable business calls for more than the current rules of engagement by calling on all enterprises in whatever sector and however constituted to operate within environmentally sustainable limits, to lower their ecological footprint, to enhance social equity and to develop a sense of futurity. Creating sustainable busine...
News analysis | 8 Apr 2008
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Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic
... The implications of purchasing and office planning decisions Page 16 Interview: The legal team behind the key mesothelioma compensation case, Barker v. Corus Page 20 Comment: Is there a real cause for concern behind the wireless network scare stories? Page 11 Plus: Legal calendar | Clinic | Case reports | Technical guidance ... Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL Communicating effectively in a crisis is vital. Get it wrong and, not only will the press have a field day with your reputation, but existing employees could flee in fear of what else they might be exposed to, and, with your...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008
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Occupational health: an unnecessary expense?
...ccupational health concerns. When you take a business like the Royal Mail -- one of the largest and most sophisticated distribution enterprises in the world -- then the challenge to provide your workforce with suitable occupational health services becomes, to put it mildly, significant. Nick Jordan reports. Employers express their opinions on the subject of doctors' notes -- considering just how useful they are, and whether the system needs revising. Doctors' notes 25 -- useless or useful? LEGAL UPDATE Case law 26 Legal experts offer their advice to employers on the implications of recent case la...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2007
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Directors' responsibilities for health and safety
...ward-winning Please Chair, courtesy of Steelcase. To contact Steelcase call 0870 050 1250 workplacelaw 7 CK ICS O CT H S TA w workplacelaw a a 8 workplacelaw Image: Ray Massey/Getty Images DO DIRECTORS REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO FEAR IN PROPOSED NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION? KELLY MANSFIELD REPORTS... workplacelaw 9 Don't believe the hype, the saying goes. And it's good advice, particularly when applied to the dragged-out, played-up, worn-out issue of corporate killing. The subject is tired and all this before we get anywhere near any form of proper legislation. Anyone and everyone has a...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2005
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It’s a WRAP
...rovement n Develop management and operational control techniques to minimise environmental liabilities and risk fOCus 18 IT'S A WRAP Now that the Waste Management Hierarchy has come into force, organisations need to understand what the Regulations demand and ensure they are maintaining compliance, reports Sara Bean. netWORK 42 FORUM FOCUS Reflecting Network members' views on the Workplace Law site during the past weeks. 10 FM, HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGAL UPDATE Details on Workplace Law's partnership with the BIFM for Th!nk FM Conference 2012, and more health and safety prosecutions to take place befor...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011
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Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill
...mmon Sense, Common Safety Review: "RIDDOR can often be seen as a cumbersome system, and compliance is estimated at around 50%. There is evidence from the HSE of under-reporting of RIDDOR, which makes me question its successful operation. Businesses would see a significant reduction in the number of reports they need to make; it would also improve the accuracy of national statistics." 31257 A new national register of occupational safety consultants will be set up to help employers access `good quality, proportionate advice'. The Occupational Safety Consultants Register (OSCR) will go live in January ...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
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The Diversity Dilemma
...erence to ramadan on the Workplace law website provoked a maelstrom of opinions on religious diversity in the workplace. so with the diverse, multi-cultural and, ultimately, complex nature of the spiritual and religious make up of the UK population, how are employers expected to manage? Gavin Bates reports. The 2001 national census revealed that over 41 million Britons listed Christianity as their religion. This equates to over 71% of the population and shows that Christianity remains the main religion in Great Britain. However, the survey also revealed a diverse spiritual landscape. Aside from the ...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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2009: new beginnings
...ge of 2008? Page 22 Death of the temp Why new laws threaten the future of agency workers. Page 16 put through the grinder The year of workplace wellbeing? Dispute resolution procedure in focus. Page 28 Technical: Business immigration rules simplified. Page 29 plus: Legal calendar | Comment Case reports | The data | Clinic Partner profile and more ... Dame Carol Black answers our questions. Page 20 contents In this issue ... lATEsT 05 EDITORIAL 2008 has been a light year for new workplace legislation (relatively speaking, of course). 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in Dec...
Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008
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Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?
...3 WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL MEAN? Go to ... 6151 The main producer responsibility obligations under the WEEE Directive are likely to come into force in the UK from 1 January 2006. 5641 www.workplacelaw.net 5766 enter the four-digit code in the search box and link direct to the latest news and case reports 6 workplacelaw LETTERS A new major hazard is on the horizon and rapidly getting closer; it is called Death by Legislation. The symptoms are presented by (usually) senior managers who are charged with making their companies or enterprises profitable in the face of an onslaught from, particularly...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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Business as usual? London bomb blasts
...n. 5133 WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL MEAN? Go to ... 6151 The main producer responsibility obligations under the WEEE Directive are likely to come into force in the UK from 1 January 2006. 5641 www.workplacelaw.net enter the four-digit code in the search box and link direct to the latest news and case reports 5766 6 workplacelaw LETTERS A new major hazard is on the horizon and rapidly getting closer; it is called Death by Legislation. The symptoms are presented by (usually) senior managers who are charged with making their companies or enterprises profitable in the face of an onslaught from, partic...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...ps with the law in 2005 Workplace Law's panel of legal experts highlight the 10 most important actions employers must take to comply with legislation in 2005 17 Driving me mad Managing driving risk is far from the minds of most employers, says David Sharp 18 2004: a year in review Kelly Mansfield reports on some of the more curious case reports from the last year 21 Off the record Brave is the employer who embarks on the `without prejudice' route, says Gabriella Wright 22 Private property Mark Eltringham investigates the increasingly grey area between working and private lives 26 Legal update 26...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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Dealing with bogus claimants
...to be managed carefully; don't just rely on checking the equipment, but also working practices, says Jorgen Josefsson. FoCus 18 CLAIMS CULTURE Claims by serial litigants are becoming an increasing problem for employers, many of whom are settling out of court to avoid time-consuming court sessions, reports Sarah Wray. netWoRK 42 FORUM FOCUS Reflecting Network members' views on the Workplace Law site during the past weeks. 34 A TO Z OF AbSENCE MANAGEMENT PART 1 In the first of a special two-part series on absence management, Pam Loch looks at general and family-related leave. 10 FM LEGAL UPDATE ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010
