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Employers must protect staff from climate change, says TUC
...ng climate. Of the 134 organisations interviewed, only one had given serious attention to how their staff might be affected. Changing Work in a Changing Climate warns employers to think about the risk to their staff from future flooding, the increased health risk to staff working outside as summer temperatures soar and the impact that severe weather conditions will have on transport, causing problems for the millions who commute to work. The report says that some people working in factories or on the transport network already have to work in hot and poorly ventilated conditions, while those who work out...
News | 28 Apr 2009
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
...Study when you want 23 `GENIuS ACt' REAChES 35-yEAR mILEStoNE It might have taken a few knocks over the years but HSAW is still a highly important and ingenious piece of legislation, says Nattasha Freeman. 20 hEAtED DEbAtE With warmer weather on the way, what does the law say about working in hot temperatures? And what can managers do to keep their staff productive? Jamie Beatson investigates. "As long as responsible employees take sensible precautions, then they are entitled to rely on those precautions." P.31 Clarification from the publishers workplace law The exclusiv e magazin e for premium member...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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Have we binned your Workplace Law Magazine?
...rn will mean staff with reduced concentration that are quick to anger, and -- as the above comment would suggest -- resentment from the employees that do not get as much freedom as managers to cool down as and when they wish. Whilst there is currently no upper temperature limit for workplaces, with temperatures set to soar in the years to come this may not remain the case. This could mean that the employers and managers of the future will have to send staff home on the hottest summer days or will have to alter shift patterns so staff can stay out of the midday sun. 6 The worst case scenario what effec...
Magazine issue | 7 Apr 2008
