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Fourteen million working days lost due to alcohol misuse
...ember 2007.Almost a fifth of employers are now planning to introduce a combined policy on drug and alcohol misuse at work.Workplace Law Network has recently updated its Drugs and Alcohol Policy and Management Guide. This draft policy covers: key legislation - Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Transport and Works Act 1992, Road Traffic Act 1988, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Employment Rights Act 1996 and 2002; responsibilities; policy - alcohol, drugs, screening; assistance; confidentiality; disciplinary action; monitoring and review; and record keeping.
News | 18 Sep 2007
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Old git, or still work fit?
...ployee or others at risk, employers could be prosecuted. Similarly, employees are also required to take reasonable care of themselves and others who could be affected by what they do. In the transport industry, there is additional legislation in place to control the misuse of alcohol and drugs. The Transport and Works Act 1992 makes it a criminal offence for certain workers to be unfit through drink and/or drugs while working on railways, tramways and other guided transport systems. The operators of the transport system would also be guilty of an offence unless they had shown all due diligence in trying to prevent such a...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
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Drink driving: is there ever a place for alcohol at work?
...hol or drugs to continue working and this were to place the employee and others at risk, you could be prosecuted. Similarly, employees are also required to take reasonable care of themselves and others who could be affected by what they do. Driving and transport The Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Transport and Works Act 1992 require that drivers of road vehicles must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs while driving, attempting to drive or when they are in charge of a vehicle. The Transport and Works Act makes it a criminal offence for certain workers to be unfit through drink and/or drugs while working on...
News | 20 Jul 2005
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Drug testing at work - the legal position
...ployee or others at risk, the employer could be prosecuted. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 make it illegal for any person knowingly to permit drug use on their premises except in specified circumstances (for example, when they have been prescribed by a doctor). The Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Transport and Works Act 1992 require that drivers of road vehicles must not be under the influence of drugs while driving, attempting to drive or when they are in charge of a vehicle. Drugs at Work Policy The HSE advises implementing a written policy on drugs at work. This should consider the following issues: Is ther...
News | 19 Aug 2004
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What Do Employers Need to Know about Drug Testing at Work?
...e or others at risk, the employer could be prosecuted. - The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 make it illegal for any person knowingly to permit drug use on their premises except in specified circumstances (for example, when they have been prescribed by a doctor). - The Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Transport and Works Act 1992 require that drivers of road vehicles must not be under the influence of drugs while driving, attempting to drive or when they are in charge of a vehicle. Drugs at Work Policy The HSE advises implementing a written policy on drugs at work. This should consider the following issues: - Is th...
News | 10 Oct 2003
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Random tests on staff urged to tackle drink and drugs problems at work
...s a result of an action by a worker suffering from the effects of drink or drugs.”Relevant legislation includes the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Employers should also be aware of duties under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Transport and Works Act 1992. Drivers of road vehicles must not be under the influence of alcohol while driving, attempting to drive or when they are in charge of a vehicle.More informationCopies of the report “Tackling Alcohol in the Workplace” and “Tackling Drugs in the Workplace (due out later this year) are available...
News | 19 Jun 2001
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Promoting social drinking in the workplace: good or bad for business?
...ed. This policy is designed to help protect employees from the dangers of alcohol, drug and other substance misuse and to encourage those with a drug or alcohol problem to seek help. The draft policy covers: Key legislation: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Transport and Works Act 1992 Road Traffic Act 1988 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Employment Rights Act 1996 and 2002 Responsibilities Policy Alcohol Drugs Screening Assistance Confidentiality Disciplinary action ...
News | 24 May 2007
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Worker dismissed for smelling of alcohol loses unfair dismissal claim
...ll provide; and assure staff that any alcohol or drug problem will be treated in strict confidence. To help you with this, Workplace Law has published a Drugs and Alcohol Policy and Management Guide. This draft policy covers: key legislation - Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Transport and Works Act 1992, Road Traffic Act 1988, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Employment Rights Act 1996 and 2002; responsibilities; policy - alcohol, drugs, screening; assistance; confidentiality; disciplinary action; monitoring and review; and record keeping. It also comes with 1...
News | 31 Aug 2007
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24 hour licensing will be a headache for employers
...oyee or others at risk, employers could be prosecuted. Similarly, employees are also required to take reasonable care of themselves and others who could be affected by what they do. In the transport industry, there is additional legislation in place to control the misuse of alcohol and drugs. The Transport and Works Act 1992 makes it a criminal offence for certain workers to be unfit through drink and/or drugs while working on railways, tramways and other guided transport systems. The operators of the transport system would also be guilty of an offence unless they had shown all due diligence in trying to prevent such a...
News | 14 Nov 2005
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Qantas of solace – Fair Work Australia provides strike relief
... order to combat the uncertainty that the airline's passengers were facing. Put simply, he claimed the airline could not guarantee that its planes would actually take off, which was not a state of affairs he could allow to continue. The Australian PM called the decision "extreme" and the Australian Transport Minister expressed shock and disappointment at the move. The Australian Government responded by ordering Fair Work Australia (FWA), Australia's equivalent of our Employment Tribunal, to intervene. The result was a 12-hour hearing on Monday 31 October 2011, following which the parties were ordered t...
News analysis | 14 Nov 2011
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Transport company loses appeal against £28,000 health and safety fine
A transport company has lost its appeal against the £28,000 fine handed to it after an incident left an employee permanently disabled. Earlier in the year, Harris Transport Ltd was fined: £4,000 for failing to provide suitable lighting (maximum £5,000) under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regula...
Case | 16 Jun 2008
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Directors' responsibilities for health and safety
...r in new health and safety legislation? MUDDLING THROUGH Managing dyslexia in the workplace WHAT IS `WORK'? Deciphering the boundaries of an employer's duty to protect POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT How effectively does the HSE impose health and safety law? PLUS: COSHH, fire safety legislation, the Road Transport Directive IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT advert 2 workplace- CONTENTS CONTENTS 26 CASE LAW 33 CLINIC 34 ANALYSIS 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Legislative developments, consultations, conferences, training, publications and important diary dates for February-July 200...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2005
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Internships – Are you breaking the law?
... Regulations 2011 have now taken effect in England and Wales, and mean that businesses will have to apply the waste management hierarchy when transferring waste from 28 September. The Regulations implement the revised EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98, which sets requirements for the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste. They require businesses to confirm that they have applied the waste management hierarchy when transferring waste, and include a declaration on their waste transfer note or consignment note. They also introduce a two-tier system for waste carrier and broker registrat...
Magazine issue | 3 May 2011
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Reality bites: managing in a recession
... their investments crippled by a bottomless market and a Government without the ability to see the long-term damage that is being done by empty building rates. Empty properties place little burden on local resources. They're empty, after all. There's no rubbish to collect and no one is using public transport to get to work there. Above all else, business rates are centrally collected and the local council does not benefit from any increase in empty building rates. It's not too late for Alistair Darling to undo a decision which risks doing far more harm than anyone could have imagined. The regeneration ...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
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Killing time
...rt below. APRIL Temporary employees are likely to be afforded greater protection through plans to tighten the regulations governing employment agencies, expected to come into force in April 2008. Workers will gain the right to withdraw from services provided by an agency, such as accommodation and transport, without suffering any detriment. 13241 A single environmental permit will be introduced under the Environmental Permitting Programme from April 2008, which will combine and streamline the previous waste management licence (WML) and pollution prevention and control (PPC) systems. 13241 The Inform...
Magazine issue | 27 Feb 2008
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Two companies fined after an employee of one was hit by a car belonging to the other
... G4S Security Services (UK) Ltd were fined £50,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the HSW Act. Costs of £10,650 and £7,900 respectively were awarded to HSE. David Welsh, Northamptonshire HSE Inspector says: "This incident showed all the classic signs of a workplace transport collision between a vehicle and pedestrian. There was no separation of vehicles and pedestrians at Rigid's main entrance, the area where the accident occurred was poorly lit and road signs and markings to direct traffic were insufficient. Rigid had not thought about the effect of making changes to ...
Case | 8 Aug 2007
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Company fined
...costs of £10,000 after an employee received serious injuries when he was run over by a rail mounted vehicle. The prosecution comes shortly after recent HSE research that suggested, as Workplace Law previously reported, there is a lack of knowledge or action surrounding the risks posed by workplace transport. Employee Roy Howard Moore received serious leg and pelvic injuries when he was struck by a four tonne rail mounted vehicle while maintaining a conveyor belt at the Saint Gobain Pipelines Plc factory in Ilkeston on 13 December 2004. Saint Gobain admitted that at the time of the incident no adeq...
Case | 16 Jan 2007
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CDM special
...transport vehicles will be brought within scope of Part III of the DDA 1995. 6490 · 7th Ban Bullying at Work Day, organised by charity Ban Bullying At Work, is on 7 November to raise awareness of the issue. Bullying has been in the news recently because of recent large profile cases; in particular the ca...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2007
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Manual handling incidents can have serious implications
...ding work and it became necessary to remove five redundant steel gates. The large steel gates measured 3.5m high and 3m wide and weighed in excess of 300kg each. Lionel Power, a Maintenance Operative employed by Bideem was directed to help to manually move the gates onto a flat bed trailer for transportation. Three gates were successfully handled and removed but when the fourth gate was being carried onto the trailer it slipped and fell on top of Power. He was treated for a fractured pelvis, a broken leg and ribs, a collapsed lung and extensive internal injuries. These injuries left Powers wit...
Case | 7 Apr 2006
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
...e working, remote working and working from home are being actively encouraged by the Work Wise Week campaign, which is supported by the TUC, the CBI and BT, in order to promote a sensible work life balance in the UK. I removable devices such memory sticks and ipods have only increased the ease of transporting around huge amounts of data. This all sounds excellent. But horror stories of unencrypted CD-Roms containing sensitive information on thousands of employees being left on aeroplane seats and work laptops being left on commuter trains are enough to give most IT managers sleepless nights. The Dep...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
