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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...ce even more onerous burdens he says. In addition to the licences required by the security guards themselves, every single company director, including those not directly responsible for security staff, will need to procure a licence. Alan Masson, MacRoberts Solicitors What developments will you be watching with particular interest? We are currently dealing with discipline and grievance procedures every day, steering our clients through the minefield of new regulations. This is a very important area. Dealing with staff in discipline is very difficult and often not done very well employers lose s...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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Super-injunctions: to Tweet or not to Tweet?
...the law in its present form simply is inadequate and that reform is required. In particular, there has been a recent referral to the Joint Committee of Peers and Members of Parliament to investigate the use of privacy orders. It is probable that substantial changes may be made in the near future watch this space! Workplace Law Group, 110 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1LQ t 0871 777 8881 f 0871 777 8882 © Workplace Law Group 2011 All rights reserved Super-injunctions: to tweet or not to tweet? What should I do? · If you have a website that allows the creation of user-generated content, think c...
News analysis | 6 Jun 2011
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
... allowance Dispute resolution simplified again New formula CORGI becomes Gas Safe Register and much more ... APRIL UPDATE sPEcIAL IssUE APRIL 2009 Issue 46 Ian Fielder: BIFM Chief Executive on the challenges for the facilities management sector. Page 24 Holiday and sickness absence clock watching: What do changes to flexible working actually mean for employers? Page 20 Learning the lessons from Stringer v. Monkey business HMRC. Dispute resolution in depth: How a ropey idea Page 16 Everything you need to know about inspired a jaded the new rules. Page 12 barrister to tackle risk assessme...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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Reality bites: managing in a recession
...ing redundancy can be a costly mistake. Not up to the job? 18 netWoRK n Default retirement age is legal: first ruling in Heyday case. 24 mAN Of STEELES Oliver Brabbins' first job was working in a colour factory, checking that dyes for paint had hardened sufficiently to be processed. He literally watched paint dry. The rest of his career, however, which has led him to being Head of the Employment Department at Steeles Law LLP, has not been quite so dull. coMMent Competency in fire safety 22 18 ALTERNATIvE ThERApIES Making jobs redundant is just one of the ways organisations can cut costs. But a...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
...ontinued to prosecute on behalf of the HSE, however -- a role which has brought some harrowing incidents to his attention. He tells of a case in which a father and son, squeezed into a lawnmower cab together, drowned when it rolled into the canal: "to be in a cab with somebody that you love, and to watch them die ... That did play on my mind". In his capacity as a solicitor, Dale also acts for clients who are being investigated by the HSE and other enforcement agencies -- a dual role that some clients haven't been entirely comfortable with. "Often clients say `we don't want to use you because you'r...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
... of sites, including facebook.com, to the restricted list. This is part of work ongoing within the Trust, to monitor internet usage and optimise efficiency". Whether this is, in fact, what a ban of this type achieves is debatable. Doesn't it instead give employees the impression that Big Brother is watching them? What's next? Ban employees from phoning their friends during lunch time, or from receiving any personal emails at work? Facebook is really just another way of communicating. As the TUC states: "Aside from the hype, Facebook is just another way of using the web to organise your social life ...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
...ow them the flexibility to practice that religion? Or should religion be left at home along with the other choices employees make about the way they live their lives: their sexual preferences, the food they eat, the way they dress, the music they listen to and the television programmes they like to watch? Commenting in the Workplace Law Network forum, Lynn Johnson is of the opinion that `it's a belief, each chooses his own. That's where it should end. or belief Discrimination on grounds of religion on ("A") discriminates against purposes of these Regulations, a pers 3. - (1) For the another person...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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First ever disability-specific law
...ir bill is wrong, but 71%are prepared to do it. Park A et al. British Social Attitudes Survey 18th report. Sage Publications, London 2001. The biggest problem for those who have mental health problems is those who claim they do when they don't. Others see them and say 'they seem quite happy watching the TV, going to the pub and going shopping, there is nothing wrong with them... they must all be faking it'. I have great problems explaining to managers that employees are actually genuinely very ill, because these managers have seen too much fraud to take any of it seriously. And yes, I hav...
Comment | 4 Nov 2009
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Contractors: are you watching them?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace MAY 2007 ISSUE 27 CONTRACTORS: CONTRA CTORS: WATCHING Taking responsibility for workers on your premises Y OU ARE THEM? IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT In this issue... 08 Are you watching your contractors? Are contractors working safely on your premises? Misunderstandings over who is responsible for the h...
Magazine issue | 16 May 2007
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Are you prepared for Parts F and L
... As ever, FMs should ensure energy is managed to reduce costs and environmental impacts for their organisations. Although this is not a legal obligation (yet), increasing energy costs and corporate social responsibility environmental reporting are driving FMs to pay more attention to these issues. Watch this space for future legislation! In larger new developments, designers and FMs will need to consider Low or Zero Carbon (LZC) technologies including CHP and renewable energy (NB: Planning Policy Statement 2 sets out as a planning requirement a target of 10% of energy to be meet by renew...
News | 3 Apr 2006
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Building regs: preparing for Part L
... As ever, FMs should ensure energy is managed to reduce costs and environmental impacts for their organisations. Although this is not a legal obligation (yet), increasing energy costs and corporate social responsibility environmental reporting are driving FMs to pay more attention to these issues. Watch this space for future legislation! In larger new developments, designers and FMs will need to consider Low or Zero Carbon (LZC) technologies including CHP and renewable energy (NB: Planning Policy Statement 2 sets out as a planning requirement a target of 10% of energy to be meet by renewable...
News | 14 Dec 2005
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Who's looking at you?
... administration rights to the secure intranet of one of Europe's largest financial services groups. And several organisations had flaunted data protection law by selling on hard drives from which customers' names, addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers could be retrieved. Employers need to watch out too, of course, for the information contained on CDs, floppy disks and other recordable media. These can be safely destroyed using shredding, abrasion or chemical processes by an information destruction company. Less obviously, what about staff uniforms, or branded products and equipment ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005
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Stress management special
...ethods used by the HSE and local authorities to influence workplace health and safety standards. 4961 Eighty-seven per cent of IT professionals are not aware of recent changes to the law that controls the viewing of child pornography on the internet, according to research published by the Internet Watch Foundation, OUTLAW.COM reports. 4959 direct discrimination where a person, on grounds of religion or belief, is treated less favourably than another; indirect discrimination where a provision, criterion or practice has the effect of putting people of a particular religious belief at a disadvan...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2004
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Statutory Dispute Resolution Procedures abolished
...the main principles of the Code – consider what training and/or communications may be necessary.Review intranet materials, handbooks and contracts to ensure they are up to date and reflect the new regime. Consider whether any changes to your internal procedures and policies need to be made.Keep a watching brief on this area generally; it is likely that there will be indications from the Tribunals in the coming months as to how they will approach the new regime.
News | 6 Apr 2009
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Euromillions
...n a sprinkling of people from other countries started to participate, and as the years have gone by - and the event has become more and more popular - there have been entries from all over the world. The 2008 tournament will see more than500competitorsfrom17countries compete for the various titles, watched by roughly 5,000 spectators, whilst raising money for charity along the way (last year the Championships raised £24,000,bringingthetotalraisedover theyearstomorethan£334,000). The event has even expanded to include a children's tournament, thus introducing the next generation to the sport. "It'...
Magazine issue | 2 Oct 2008
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Killing time
... the political process, with investment in health and safety administration reduced and an ever decreasing ratio of OSHA inspectors to the number of business under the agency's jurisdiction. So is America likely to follow the UK's approach to corporate manslaughter? US legislators will certainly be watching what happens in Britain with interest. There are moves to push through a Bill already rejected in 2004 to address some of the serious weaknesses in OHSA. In April 2007 Democrat Senator Edward Kennedy reintroduced the Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA) to the Senate, though its prospec...
Magazine issue | 27 Feb 2008
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Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic
... can, ultimately, lead to the downfall of an organisation. Trust is pushed to its absolute limits meaning that organisations need to tread very carefully not to betray that trust -- everything that an organisation says or does in the midst of an incident becomes vitally important, with stakeholders watching every move under a microscope. Stakeholders aren't sitting and waiting for you to fall, though. Mistakes do happen -- we're all human beings and, ultimately, stakeholders want organisations to prove that, despite this health and safety incident, they were right to put their faith into the organ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008
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Smoking ban special
...orkplacelaw The Scottish example As with so much legislation enacted in the United Kingdom, Scotland was the first of the home countries to feel the effects of the smoking ban, which came into effect on the 26 March 2006. The fortunes of Scottish authorities in enforcing the ban have been closely watched by their English counterparts. Vincent McBride is Head of Section for Food, Health and Safety at Edinburgh City Council, and he told us how the requirements of the Act were initially implemented: "It was only in January 2006 that Scottish local authorities were informed exactly how much funding w...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2007
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Old git, or still work fit?
... the argument, as highlighted by the `pee test', is the possible humiliation factor involved. Does someone who is obese really want his or her weight problem pointed out and highlighted to the rest of the office? It is one thing to notice that someone is too big for their chair, but it's another to watch them struggle through a lunchtime aerobics session. Don't they have the right to deal with these issues in privacy? Do their employers really have the right to force the issue? Pinder insists that the idea is to proactively encourage people to change. Vielife tells employers not to discriminate aga...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
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Playing with numbers: TUPE special issue
...ines 26 Denton Wilde Sapte 28 Department of Trade and Industry 8 Dorset Police 26 Dundas & Wilson 14 Duo Airways 18 Family Assurance Friendly Society Ltd 33 GMB 18 Greenwoods Solicitors 16 HSE 6, 26 Howatt Nicoll 16, 22 Incorporated Council of Law Reporting 8 Integrated Service Solutions 8 Internet Watch Foundation 34 Keith Bright Consultants 16 MacRoberts Solicitors 5, 16, 18 MerryHill Envirotec 26 Microsoft 26 Mills and Reeve 25, 33 Nabarro Nathanson 7, 16 North East Centre for Diversity and Racial Equality 26 North East Lincolnshire Council 26 Office for National Statistics 18 Osborne Clarke 22,...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005
