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  1. Scheme aims to reduce waste from construction industry

    A major scheme has today (16 October) been launched to encourage businesses in the construction industry to reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill.The voluntary agreement has been brought about by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and focuses on halving the amount of construction waste sent ...

    News | 16 Oct 2008

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

    ...law.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... JANUARy 2011 From 1 January, employers that deliberately flout minimum wage laws will be publicly named on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) website, and in press releases. The new scheme will allow employers three months to rectify the situation. Employment Relations Minister, Edward Davey, said: "Bad publicity can be a powerful weapon in the fight against employers who try to cheat their workers and their competitors. Their reputation can be badly damaged if they are seen to be fl...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  3. Changes to Workplace Law Magazine

    ... of up to £5,000 will be levied on employers that knowingly employ individuals on the list or fail to make the relevant checks. 22661 Workplace Parking Levy (England) Regulations 2009 come into force The Transport Act 2000 gives provision to Local Authorities to introduce workplace levy licencing schemes, meaning that they have the power to impose licences and charges on workplace parking places, dependent on the number of spaces available. The intention of this provision is to discourage commuting by car. These Regulations provide for the exemption of Local Authorities to have a scheme, the liabi...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009

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

    ...ation Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: claire.fuller@workplacelaw.net 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... mAy 2009 A new car scrappage incentive scheme starts in may 2009. Private individuals or businesses will get a £2,000 discount on a new vehicle by scrapping an old car or van, as long as they meet the criteria. The voluntary scheme will run until March 2010. Vehicles must be over ten years old and the owner must have been the registered keepe...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

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

    ...nd meeting efficienc contamination preventing ooter n HR troublesh ment n Waste manage of vEry bEST Featuring the rsary Facilities the 10 Annive Legal Update Management and Dinner Conference ers save 10% place bIFM memb to book your 8881 Call 0871 777 The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) scheme, which has been created to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults, goes live on 12 October 2009. From then, if an employer hires someone to work with children or vulnerable adults, the employer will have to check their ISA status to determine whether or not ...

    Magazine issue | 5 May 2009

  6. 48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max

    ... out their extra duties and receive additional training. The consultation can be found at www.acas.org.uk 18019 31 March The CORGI register for gas installers comes to an end. All gas workers will have to be signed up to the recently named Gas Safe Register from April 2009 under the new gas safety scheme. Currently it's a legal requirement that all gas workers must be registered with CORGI but this scheme, which is overseen by the HSE, is being replaced by the Gas Safe Register. The new gas register will launch to the public before the CORGI register ends on 31 March 2009. 17849 13 February The De...

    Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009

  7. New scheme offers SMEs help and advice on hazardous waste

    .... HAZRED,  which is administered by the Environment Agency, has now appointed 12 specialist advisors who will work with 120 companies across six sectors which each have particular problems with hazardous waste. Companies from each of the sectors are now being invited to take advantage of the scheme, which received funding from the EU's LIFE budget last July. HAZRED is designed to demonstrate the benefits of setting hazardous waste reduction targets and developing waste reduction plans in partnership with those industry sectors most in need. The six sectors are: treatment and coat...

    News | 25 Aug 2006

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

    ... this perverse injustice and ensure that people with mental health problems are granted the same protection under law as other disabled people.' The Bill is expected to come into force in 2006. A new multi-million pound government initiative aims to encourage smaller firms to set up payroll giving schemes, and to encourage employees to channel monthly donations directly from their salaries to their favourite good causes. Payroll giving makes it easy for individuals to donate a regular amount tax - effectively to a charity of their choice. 5169 careless driving ­ fine £2,500; using vehicle ...

    Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004

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

    ... private land. 22 CULTURE ChANGE Steve Williams, Head of Equality and Diversity at ACAS, talks to Sara Bean about the regulatory and cultural changes the Equality Act could mean for the workplace. 10 LEGAL UPDATE Now the deadline for registration has passed, an update on the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme. 46 DIARy Coming soon from Workplace Law. teChniCaL 38 ThE DATA PREMISES MANAGEMENT: A recent prosecution sheds light on the cost of ignoring neighbours' rights. EAT: A former employer was held liable to pay damages after it gave the claimant a eMPLOyMent uPdate 13 NEWS Unions and employers clas...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

  10. Sweeping changes

    ...employees rate flexible working as highest priority. 45 END NOTE teChniCaL 38 THE DATA HSE: The Corporate Manslaughter Act has redefined the concept of sentencing with regard to health and safety breaches. 24 CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING Simon Toseland and Gary Plant on how the Altius vendor assessment scheme is meeting the aims of the `Safety Scheme in Procurement'. Richard Mills, CEO at Intellicate, says it has become all too easy to find absurd examples of workplace `health and safety issues'. 46 DIARy Coming soon from Workplace Law. 14 CASE LAW Booking line: 0871 777 8881 Buy online: www.workpla...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010

  11. The Diversity Dilemma

    ...asks Gavin Bates? 10 LEGAL UPDATE Choose from one of four study modes to suit your individual needs: 1. Classroom 12 January ­ 26 March 2010 2. Blended 14 January ­ 26 March 2010 3. fast-track 9 November ­ 11 December 4. Distance learning Study when you want A look at BREEAM In-Use ­ the new scheme developed by the BRE; and implications of a recent decision by the Danish Government on occupational cancers. 34 DISABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) provides specific protection and rights for disabled workers to which employers must comply, Pam Loch explains. 44 ...

    Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009

  12. CDM special

    ...he Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 2004/12/EC. A proposed National Packaging Waste Database and electronic PRNs and PERNs would: · speed up data collection, enabling reprocessors and exporters to report electronically and allow data to be released to industry more quickly; enable producers/schemes to submit registration applications electronically; enable reprocessors and exporters to issue PRNs and PERNs electronically. 7543 7367 6628 · · 13th The new Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 come into force on 13 November 2006. The Regulations will: · replace three existing sets of regul...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2007

  13. Stress management special

    ...ers, to tighten legislation and regulation. Active Risk Management is an integrated risk management consultancy providing innovative solutions for all fleet risk management requirements. We have a proven track record for developing products and services which not only ensure that our clients' fleet schemes are compliant with the law, but also deliver measurable and significant cost savings through reduced insurance premiums, accident repairs and potential legal issues. Circulation 7,000 (ISSN 1745-0160) Workplace Law Magazine is only available by subscription. Price £199 for one year. Call 0870 77...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2004

  14. It’s a WRAP

    ... HSE will go ahead with plans to introduce a charge for inspection visits, according to the latest FM 100 poll for the BIFM published by FM World. Some also said that they don't think charges will be as high as the proposed £133 an hour. There was a suggestion from respondents that a sliding scale scheme might be a better approach, to prevent smaller organisations being penalised and larger ones paying effectively less per capita. 36686 fOR MORe On this and OtheR heaLth and safety neWs Go to ... www.workplacelaw.net/news www.workplacelaw.net 7 Health and safety update | Case law health and saf...

    Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011

  15. A new age?

    ...ulations implement the EU Agency Workers Directive and will give agency workers the right to the same basic employment and working conditions as if they had been recruited directlybythehirer­ifandwhentheycompletea12-weekqualifying period in a job. 35272 The HSE's consultation on its cost recovery scheme closes on 14 October 2011. The new scheme could apply from as early as OCTOBER 2011 April 2012. For the first time, the changes place a duty on the HSE to Increased rates of National Minimum Wage will come recover the costs of their interventions in certain circumstances. Costs into effect on 1 Oct...

    Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011

  16. Survival of the fit note?

    ...s and all biodegradable waste. The Government says it will work with industry to drive · · innovation in reuse and recycling in these products before the start of any bans. Acceleraterecyclingandreducewaste creation in the first place by providing incentives for householders, recycling-onthe-go schemes, better services for businesses and voluntary responsibility deals, focusing on the hospitality industry, paper, direct mail, textiles, and construction waste. Scrapunfairbinfinesandtaxeswhilebringing in powers to deal with repeat fly-tipping offenders and genuine nuisance neighbours. Crackdownonp...

    Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011

  17. Internships – Are you breaking the law?

    ...her circumstances when a work experience placement will not be entitled to the NMW. These include: · Apprenticesundertheage of 19 or apprentices over the · age of 19 who are in their first year of apprenticeship; Individualswhoundertakework experience resulting from government work placements and schemes funded by the European Social Fund; Studentscarryingoutworkexperience under the European Union's Leonardo da Vinci programme; and Workersonahighereducation course where part of the course is work experience, provided this experience does not exceed one year and is required by the course. · · W...

    Magazine issue | 3 May 2011

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

    ...and new recruitment business, WPL Recruitment, talks to Sara Bean about its prospects. 46 DIARy Coming soon from Workplace Law. eMPLOyMent uPdate 13 NEWS A consultation on workplace disputes is launched; and the Government confirms a shake-up of the Criminal Records Bureau and Vetting and Barring Scheme. 24 GETTING BETTER Neil Franklin on the quest to understand the links between the places we work and our wellbeing and productivity. 27 AFTER WIKILEAKS Shonali Routray looks at the lessons to be learned from Wikileaks, the role of whistleblower protection in the UK, and what employers need to do ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011

  19. ETs on the rise

    ...eas on these lines. We hope the Health and Safety Review will result in action to improve the competence of advice given, especially by third parties such as consultants and lawyers. And there is scope for cutting down on unnecessary third party duplication. We ourselves helped to kick start Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP), for example, to stop www.workplacelaw.net Comment those who neither know nor care about health and safety. Obviously we should ask people what they think. Informed comment is always to be welcomed, and where people come up with ideas for achieving the same result at lower ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010

  20. Open for Business

    ...orkplace Law, gives guidance on the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at work. netWORK 42 FORUM FOCUS Reflecting Network members' views on the Workplace Law site during the past weeks. 10 ENVIRONMENT LEGAL UPDATE The requirements of the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme (CRC); and news of a new era for environmental enforcement. fOCus 18 OPEN FOR BUSINESS The general election may result in the first change of Government since 1997. The Labour Government oversaw an influx of employment law ­ what could a change of Government or indeed a Labour return mean for emp...

    Magazine issue | 4 May 2010

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