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  1. Toilet facilities for disabled people: what are the requirements?

    Disability rights organisations have raised concerns over organisations not complying with legal requirements in relation to the provision of disabled toilets. Facility provision for disabled people is often an area of confusion for employers as the law can be somewhat equivocal. However, there are legal guidelines that employers need to meet. Ron Jones, a buildings expert from Remploy, which specialises in employment services for disabled peopl...

    News | 30 Aug 2007

  2. Toilet facility regulations

    Toilets, our favourite subject... Re accessible toilets (please don't keep calling them 'disabled' toilets) - the provision is for people who require them. You should do your very best to stop non-disabled people from using them, just like blue badge parking spaces. And yes, I know that some impairments ...

    Comment | 15 Oct 2008

  3. What is reasonable adjustment?

    ... mainly to do with retail and leisure services, high street shops, retailers, etc. In fact, a survey carried out by the DRC in 2005 revealed that one in two complaints about access concerns leisure and retail high street businesses. Some of the biggest problems faced include the lack of accessible toilets in pubs, clubs and restaurants; steps to entrances where no ramp was provided; the lack of disabled people's parking; poor changing room facilities for disabled people; and poor staff attitudes. All of this, says Dingli, shows that "there's a lot of work that still needs to be done". When asked wh...

    Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2006

  4. Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?

    ...af people. 4797 The DTI has published a draft of new regulations that give employees in larger organisations (of 50 employees or more) the right to be informed and consulted about the business. The consultation for feedback on the guidance notes closes on 22 October. 4799 4790 Desks dirtier than toilets? A recent survey revealed that only one in ten workers cleans their desk twice a year, and workstations are so dirty that workers would be better eating in the lavatories. Under the Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992, employers are required to provide suitable facilities for wor...

    Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004

  5. Toilet Requirements

    Hi Gina, Briefly, and it's not an easy thing to do. The DDA was about not discriminating against disabled people in the way a service is provided, along with access to facilities,premises and employment, etc etc. There were no specifications to satisfy, that's left to Building Regs. In order to assess whether you can make any 'Reasonable Adjustments' to accommodate the needs of disabled people there are several factors that apply. First question to ask is whether a...

    Comment | 14 Feb 2011

  6. Soap star: The hygiene special issue

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network S ap star Dr Chris Flower on why employers should make rash decisions Hygiene special issue MARCH 2009 Issue 45 comment: Do the toilets in public buildings have to be public too? Page 9 Monitoring washroom breaks Toilet ratios Just how many toilets is your workplace meant to have? Page 16 changing attitudes case law: Disability ruling applied in landmark employment case. Page 10 The data | Clinic | Legal update Partner profi...

    Magazine issue | 3 Mar 2009

  7. Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business

    ...r services, and visitors to our buildings, are taken into consideration in everything that we do, although the actual numbers requiring any assistance or additional facilities is tiny ­ perhaps ten people each year that we are aware of in many thousands of visits. Nonetheless, we have improved our toilet facilities, motorised the doors into the conference centre (also Listed), improved our hearing loops, made our website accessible and started to think about employing more staff. Easy! Except that we have to pay them, and we are a charity. Disability and fire regulations are the legal equivalent of...

    Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007

  8. Toilet Requirements

    ...ver that you cannot use your lack of disabled staff facilities to influence any decision on whether to take on new staff with a disability ? this would lead you wide open to a potentially expensive claim, which is why the majority of employers are considering and implementing provision for disabled toilet facilities. Financial support for any adjustments to your building to meet staff needs may be available through the Access to Work scheme run by Job Centre Plus. In terms of providing disabled toilet access to customers, Part III of the DDA relates to services to the public and is seen as an ?an...

    Comment | 18 Jun 2007

  9. ETs on the rise

    .... A group of over 30 Latvian fruit pickers did not receive minimum wage, and deductions left at least one worker owing the gangmaster money after a month of working. Workers lived in filthy and dangerous houses without suitable bedding and any electrical safety documentation, whilst having to use a toilet covered in mould. Mr Jose Rosa was the director of Plus Staff 24 based in Skelmersdale. However, the GLA suspected that he was acting as a front for his former employer, Maria Baptista, as her licence had been revoked, and the methods of deducting money from the workers exactly mimicked the methods...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010

  10. Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act

    ... nt Network Case law News and more ... Plus: Legal Page 19 Health and Posting safety gone nuts! Workplace successful Law membe results rs BBC's Panora on Controversial programme: ma cuts: the Royal the time to is now Mail story. stand Page 16 and be counte up d? Disability signage: who wants to toilet door? grope a Page 7 Comment www.workplacelaw.net 3 ioSH managing Safely e-learning Through the Workplace Law Direct Study Centre you can study when you like, where you like, at the speed you want to. IOSH Distance Learning is a unique web-based training course from Workplace Law leading to th...

    Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009

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

    ...a programme: is now the time to stand up and be counted? Page 19 COST-CUTTING SpeCIal JUNE 2009 Issue 48 legal update: Updating contracts ­ a way to save money? Page 26 posting successful results Controversial cuts: the Royal Mail story. Page 16 Comment Disability signage: who wants to grope a toilet door? Page 7 Challenge: First corporate manslaughter case hits the courtroom. Page 22 plus: Legal calendar | Comment The data | Clinic | Network News Case law and more ... Contents In this issue ... Disability EssEntiAl lAw AnD PrActicE One-day training course tuesday 23 June 2009, Bonhill Hou...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

  12. Toilet Requirements

    Hi Jim - thanks for the detailed answer. I've spoken to the person in our group who is disabled and he "doesn't want to make a fuss" - so I guess you are right when you say "disabled people are notorious for not complaining". I can see both sides of the problem. It would cost the owners several thousand pounds ...

    Comment | 17 May 2010

  13. Disability Discrimination: New Regulations Improve Building Access

    ...nts to consider - External works: paving, barrier rails, ramps, steps, parking and external lights. - Entrance/reception: automatic doors, access controls, audible signs. - Circulation zones: horizontal and vertical, corridors, lifts, doors, level changes. - Facilities: toilets, showers, dining rooms and cafeterias, 'phone booths, meeting rooms. - Illumination: special lighting needs, VDUs, contrast socket outlets, glare reduction. - Signs: Braille and touch signs, text contrast, talking signs, sound beacons. Avoiding problems For many facilities m...

    News | 30 Aug 1999

  14. Toilet Requirements

    ...iness. Risk assess your local cultures, politics, and social behaviours to make your strategy in making new loos a high for your customer. Could you fit in a ladies cubicle and a mixed use disability facility? Is that 'enough' to satisfy your footfall of customers? Would one disability mixed use toilet be enough for all your customer footfall? What will your customers think of the final plan, whichever it may be? I'm not telling you any law here, as I think your business should be considered in what you spend. Will the cost bring more custom or better reputaiton? How frequently is the facility...

    Comment | 18 Oct 2011

  15. Old git, or still work fit?

    ...e breaches of the company's policy they should seek the advice of the appropriate HR or health professional, whilst focussing on support and confidentiality. Along with these measures Vielife also introduced more unconventional ideas such as its hydration programme. `Pee charts' were placed in the toilets so that employees could compare the colour of their urine to the pictures on the chart in order to see if they had been drinking enough water. Christine Wroe, the HR Advisor who is leading the Health and Wellbeing campaign at the council, commented that this was certainly one initiative that got p...

    Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006

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