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  1. Government Prioritises Occupational Driving in Road Safety Strategy

    ...ontinue to highlight risks faced by those who use the roads at work, continue to inform employers of the benefits and continue to encourage adoption of best practice." [Employers are responsible for the health and safety of employees who are driving on company business. Workplace Law publishes a template driving at work policy and management guidance (ISBN 1-900648-29-6, £74.99), which is available from 0870 777 8881 (ref. 1319).]

    News | 19 Apr 2004

  2. Driving Private Cars

    ...cy for work-related driving, whether company cars or private vehicles. Your first port of call should be the recent HSE guidance document, ?Driving at work: managing work-related road safety?, which can be downloaded from: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf Workplace Law also publishes a template driving-at-work policy, which I would recommend you get hold of if you are considering this area. You can find more information online: http://www.workplacelaw.net/eshop/product_info.php?product_id=183&a_id=1319 Road accidents, such as you refer to above, are therefore the responsibility of t...

    Comment | 22 Jul 2004

  3. No Duty for Council to Paint 'Slow' Sign: Gorringe -v- Calderdale MBC

    ...vious; there was no significant history of accidents at that spot; and drivers are first and foremost responsible for their own safety. Work-Related Driving Guidance Employers are responsible for the health and safety of employees who are driving on company business. Workplace Law publishes a template driving at work policy and management guidance (ISBN 1-900648-29-6, £74.99), which is available from 0870 777 8881 (ref. 1319).

    Case | 16 Apr 2004

  4. Van Drivers

    ...ned, is it fit for purpose etc etc. Secondly, have you carried out a risk assessment on the driver himself? I am not being paid by this web site but some time ago I bought the Driving at Work Policy from Workplace Law. We adapted it, published it to our drivers and most importantly, adapted the RA template and risk assessed all of our drivers. The full answer here is that your driver is your responsibility. Is he also a lone worker - have you considered this? What are the cost implications of him having an assistant? The risk assessment should cover all manner of aspects of his journey including eye...

    Comment | 25 Jun 2009

  5. Who's looking at you?

    ...from equipment purchased second-hand on internet auction sites. They were able to recover information from about half of the samples that allowed the original owners to be identified ­ and thus could potentially be used in ID scams. There were also staff passwords and National Insurance numbers, a template to print a degree certificate and detailed information about school children. A separate study by IT company Pointsec had similar results. They were able to read information on 75 per cent of hard drives that had supposedly been wiped clean, discovering a whole range of sensitive business informati...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005

  6. Which Hands-free Kits Will Be Legal under Mobile Phone Ban?

    Janet, There are also sites on the web which have published Driving at Work policies. It may be helpful for you just to do a key word search on it and see what coems up. It should help you as even with a template, the basis of any policy is the Risk assessment, and these case studies may help you to highlight anything you haven't already thought of. I set mine up by circulating a driver questionnaire to look at some relevant areas, such as breaks and journey times etc, others came from knowledge of the roa...

    Comment | 17 Nov 2003

  7. Which Hands-free Kits Will Be Legal under Mobile Phone Ban?

    Hi Janet, In response to your query about setting up a driving at work policy - the Workplacelaw Network actually publishes a template policy, which comes complete with a management guide to help employers customise it and implement it. This costs £74.99 and is available by calling 0870 777 8881. Alternatively, you can get hold of it online from www.workplacelaw.net/policies/ (or click on 'policies' in the orange bar above.) I...

    Comment | 31 Oct 2003

  8. Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion

    ...erventions. The guidance provides clear advice on: · · · · · · developing a stress policy; securing management commitment; using the HSE stress survey; using the HSE analysis tool; developing a stress policy; setting up and running focus groups; and · · targets to be achieved. action plan template 6982 6863 7158 7321 Export Recovery Notes (PERNs) from waste reprocessors and exporters respectively. These PRNs and PERNs are issued in relation to tonnages of UK packaging waste delivered for reprocessing/exporting. A proposed National Packaging Waste Database and electronic PRNs and PERNs would...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2006

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

    ...inute risk assessment The HSE has, as a result, launched a new online risk assessment tool, which aims to cut back the time it takes to weigh up the hazards in offices to just 20 minutes. But will such a tool, added to the plethora that already exist online, really suffice? "The new risk assessment template still requires you to go through and decide which is relevant to your business," says Castledine. "Most checklists are fine as long as they cover 99% of what they need to cover. My other concern is what the report means by a `small organisation'. Typically, a small business is under ten people, but...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

  10. First corporate manslaughter case unlikely to clarify Act

    ...risk assessments are up to date and reviewed if there are any changes. Implement a consistent and documented enforcement regime for health and safety issues across the business – what actually happens to employees when they fail to comply with health and safety rules? Does the policy state that breach of health and safety rules is considered to be gross misconduct? Consider what element of the company's budget is spent on health and safety. Review the company's accident and near-miss reports and procedures. Review the company's policies and assessments in re...

    News | 29 Apr 2009

  11. Perk of the job? Managing the risks faced by loneworkers

    ...­ dealing with violence 8. Putting theory into practice ­ employees who work away from the workplace 9. Occupationalhealth 10. Future legislative developments AppENDICES n Suzy Lamplugh Trust guidelines for loneworking n Risk assessment flow chart n List of high risk occupations n Risk assessment template for home workers ISbN: 978-1-905766-52-9 Standard rate: £89.00 premium members rate: £80.10 www.workplacelaw.net SAfE WORk pROCEDuRE Here is a checklist of questions for employers that have employees who work away from the office: n Do you have a safe work procedure for employees working at thei...

    Magazine issue | 5 Jun 2008

  12. H5N1 Bird Flu: Are you playing chicken with your company’s future?

    ...PPA Magazine of the Year Awards 2005, for real world opinion on the subjects that matter Workplace Law is our passion ­ What's yours? Forum access Join our online community and share views, comments and experiences or put your questions to other members in our popular discussion forum Access to template policies and procedures For more information call Worth more than £770 A host of practical standard template policy documents and procedures, in MS Word format for you to customise! 0870 777 8881 workplacelaw 4 10% discount on all products workplacelaw MAGAZINE Kelly Mansfield T. 01223 431 0...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2006

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