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No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit
...rse of their employment. However, there is an argument to suggest that the risks from passive smoking are being overstated against higher risks. For example, research suggests that the increased risk of someone developing lung cancer as a result of passive smoking is estimated at 19 per cent, which sounds bad. But this needs to be compared with the increased risk of someone developing colorectal cancer as a result of workplace stress, which is a massive 350 per cent, or the effect that drinking tap water can have in increasing the risk of miscarriage (a 50 per cent increase). The relatively low ris...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005
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Directors' responsibilities for health and safety
...s and directors,' says Elizabeth Shepherd. `Clearly, directors may greatly influence the way in which a company seeks to meet its obligations and if their contribution towards a health and safety breach amounts to criminal conduct then they should be punished for their wrongdoing.' And while it all sounds very reasonable on the face of it, the issue has been given such a high profile in the media of late that directors could be forgiven for thinking their responsibilities were about to change drastically and that, in the event of any incident, they would be guilty until proven innocent. It is no wo...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2005
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Energy management special issue
... out and bought replacement bins. These were removed by cleaners so they simply did it again. Eventually the site director sent a note to the head of department saying `I don't have a bin under my desk, can you please explain why your staff need one?'. That stopped it." Many office environmentally sound product lines derived from sustainable sources, but companies should still be prepared to specify their requirements when necessary. With staff support much can be achieved, but the question then arises of where a company's environmental priorities lay. Carrying out a basic audit of an office's en...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2007
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Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?
...s s Contrary to what many people seem to think, the battle for the right of access is one for hearts and minds, not bricks and mortar Mark Eltringham reports Image: Changing Faces Advertising Campaign, Photograhed by Andy Flack 10 workplacelaw workplacelaw 11 A man walks into a kebab house. It sounds like the start of a joke but what follows actually happened and is far from funny. As he went to sit down, the man was told he wasn't welcome. The problem was that Mr B had a severe facial disfigurement and the restaurant owners claimed he would put other people off their food. After phoning the p...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004
