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Flu fears: Planning for employers
...e to deal with a larger than normal level of sickness absence. The financial consequences for an organisation that has to pay a significant amount of sick pay should also not be overlooked in the current economic climate. Finally, as a result of sickness absence it may be necessary to change normal working practices. If it proves necessary to require employees to work from home employers should consider whether they have the technology to enable large numbers of people to do so. They should also identify key roles, i.e. positions that have to be maintained regardless of whether an employee is on sick...
News analysis | 11 Jan 2011
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
...ty at Work Act 1974-2009 HSWA revieWed JULY/AUGUST 2009 Issue 49 in sickness and in health Why the health agenda should not be overlooked. Page 12 Heated debate When is it legally too hot to trot? The elephant in the room The poor legislation no one wants to talk about. Page 18 Comment: Could working from home make your staff ill? Ann Clark considers the issues. Page 9 interview: Judith Hackitt speaks to us about eradicating workplace deaths. Page 16 Page 20 Plus: Legal calendar | Challenge The data | Clinic | Legal update Case law and more ... Contents In this issue ... LATeST Accredite...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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Businesses urged to prepare now for potential flu outbreak
...tify employees with existing chronic medical conditions like asthma, who are more likely to be severely affected.3. Review personnel policies and reduce bureaucracy – employees who are ill or think they are ill need to be encouraged to stay at home and to seek medical advice.4. Encourage flexible working practices – this might mean encouraging people to work from home or flexible hours to enable employees to look after ill dependents, look after children if schools are closed and to reduce the time spent on public transport, where there is more chance of being infected.5. Consider suppliers and s...
News | 30 Apr 2009
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
...s on the latest legal developments, events, training and important diary dates coming up over the next six months. Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their businesses. Due to a Security Industry Authority backlog 30,000 security operators may currently be working illegally. Katy Brown asks Robert Buxton of the SIA to clear up some of the confusion that still surrounds security licensing. Flexible working is becoming increasingly popular but what are the security risks of a mobile workforce and how can you prevent them? Bridget Warrington speaks to BT to fi...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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H5N1 Bird Flu: Are you playing chicken with your company’s future?
...retardants. 18th The DTI's consultation on draft regulations that are part of the Work and Families Bill ends on 18 April. The draft regulations being consulted on are Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006; Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006; and Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006. One of the main provisions would extend paid maternity leave to nine weeks. 6713 August The Discrimination Law Review is expected to report in August 2006. It is looking at how laws on equality can best be modernised. The Discrim...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2006
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It’s a WRAP
...ing to e-learning solutions to help them improve efficiency and effectiveness in training delivery. "The fact that both our entries have been shortlisted from such a large field reflects the quality not only of the course content, but of the service that underpins them. E-learning is a great way of working together with our clients to add value to their training proposition". The industry award organisers, having gathered a global judging panel, state: "It's been a truly exceptional year with nearly 250 entries from all over the world. The standard was once again exceptional and demonstrates the enor...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011
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Screening staff to protect your business
...ights reserved Screening staff to protect your business Screening staff to protect your business Small business owners and large corporations alike know the value of good employees. But unlike large corporations, smaller businesses are often unable to absorb the risks and liability that may come from bad hiring decisions. More and more, employers big and small feel the need to know about the background of prospective, even current, employees. For small business owners, the question of how to find the best employees without violating privacy rights and other laws can be confusing. More imp...
News analysis | 16 Feb 2010
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Ash clouds over holidays: are your employees grounded?
...t specifically deal with this issue: · · Treat the leave as unpaid leave; Agree with the employee that the leave be taken as further annual leave (this cannot be enforced unilaterally at very short notice against employees unless the contract provides for this right due to the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998); Agree that employees will continue to be paid but must make the time up over a set period of time; Where practical, agree that employees may work remotely; or Continue to pay employees whilst they are on leave. · · · Employers may be able to reduce the immediate impact ...
News analysis | 20 Apr 2010
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The world in your hands?
...ing of staff, which led to a delayed evacuation of the premises, and staff being CASES IN BRIEF £26,000 fine for solder exposure Turbo Power Systems has paid out over £26,000 due to a member of staff developing asthma within weeks of being exposed to soldering fumes at work. The employee started working for the company in June 2007, spending up to six hours a day soldering. She worked with rosin-based soldering wire, known to cause occupational asthma, but wasn't given training, or warned about the dangers. Within a few weeks she began to suffer from difficulty breathing and has since been diagnos...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...s ask the experts for advice on health and safety issues. 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in May and June. NETWoRK 16 uNIvERSITy ChALLENGE ThE hEIGhT Of GOOD hEALTh AND SAfETy How the University of Hertfordshire's Department of Estates, Hospitality and Contract Services is working with Workplace Law to assess the health and safety risks of working at height. ChaLLENgE 22 EvACuATE ThE CITy! In the event of a major incident in a crowded city centre, an evacuation may have to be ordered and it may have to happen quickly. Claire Fuller explored the approach taken by the coun...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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Swine flu – Guidance for business
...with the flu virus and then touching your mouth, eyes or nose without first washing your hands. WHaT sHouLd individuaLs do if THey Have syMPToMs or are iLL? if an individual feels ill with symptoms consistent with an iLi while at work, it is important that he or she does not simply carry on working. Their symptoms should be reported immediately to their manager or the occupational health department and, if they are consistent with flu, the individual should be sent home. They should be advised to contact the national Pandemic flu Line service (which will be in operation at the outset of the p...
News analysis | 1 May 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network How the 48 hour working week could push employers to the max WORKING TIME SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2009 Issue 44 Interview: Gary Titley, Leader of Labour's MEPs, on the Working Time Directive. Page 20 Navigating the Globe Fire risk assessing the only thatched building in London. Page 22 Keeping in touch Case law: Long term ...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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BlackBerries: the issues for employers
...ber of employees in the UK. If UK employers are providing employees with this new gadget then they must communicate clear guidelines as to its use. The concerns are not just limited to whether overtime is payable for checking emails out of hours. The BlackBerry enables employees, who may already be working well in excess of the 48-hour limit on average weekly working time set out in the Working Time Regulations (WTR 1998), to extend their days even further by responding to emails after hours. This could affect family or social lives and also lead to stress or depression. Also, what about an employee ...
News analysis | 2 Jul 2008
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Have we binned your Workplace Law Magazine?
... employees head to the beach, less productivity, etc.) it could also lead to the introduction of a maximum workplace temperature. Every time there is a hot spell, unions call for the introduction of a maximum workplace temperature; during the 2003 heatwave, for example, the TUC called for a maximum working temperature of 30°C, or 27°C for those doing strenuous work. Its advice at the time was: "When the heat hits the maximum, employers should More than 150,000 residents in Gloucestershire were left without drinking water, which caused a panic buy of bottled water, and there were reports of car the...
Magazine issue | 7 Apr 2008
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
... reduce resources pose serious risk to workplace safety Plus: Legal calendar | Clinic | Case reports | Technical guidance | The data | Comment and more ... Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL Government bodies seem reluctant to give any real answers to how the fire reform is actually working, commenting only on what the legislation was originally intended to achieve. Is this because they won't admit that the legislation and accompanying budgetary cuts are putting workplaces at risk? 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates and events taking place during November and December 2007. FOC...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Social networking, Facebook, eBay ... The real cost to your business, and what you can do about it :-) INSIDE THIS ISSUE OCTOBER 2007 Issue 31 NEW this month: The data Five pages of key statistics and information, now in every issue Interview: Michelle Mahdon, the Work Foundation Page 20 Plus: Legal calendar | Cli...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
... and the Bill itself doesn't introduce any new responsibilities on employers. What the introduction of the Bill may well do, however, is make employers sit up and take notice of what's really going on in their workplace. What is their health and safety culture? How safely are their employees really working? And what steps could they be taking to avoid facing sentencing under the new Bill or existing health and safety legislation? In this issue, we take an interesting look back over what's been happening in health and safety in the 11 years since the Bill was first proposed, and the debate that has en...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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Will your employees be required to buy their own work computer?
The IT consultancy Gartner predicts that by 2008, 10 percent of companies will require that employees purchase their own work computers. They claim that the shift towards employee-owned technology will mirror changes in the 1970s when companies moved from maintaining fleets of company cars to encouraging employees to buy and maintain their own vehicles by providing a monthly stipend. Leslie Fiering, research vice president at Gartner commented: "Transferring notebook ownership to employees does not eliminate the cost of PCs, but shifts it to e...
News | 5 Jan 2006
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Has the HSE lost its bite?
...Manslaughter Bill has generated warnings that it may cause companies to treat health and safety less seriously. Director of the Centre for Corporate Accountability, David Bergman responds. LEGAL UPDATE Case law 24 Legal experts offer their advice to employers on recent case law. Clinic 31 What is working time? Technical guidance 26 Analysis 34 P24 In-depth legal guidance on: Noise at work: new duties; Employers' legal responsibility for those not in their employment; and Asbestos: a summary of revisions to the Regulations. The effect of crime on business workplacelaw 3 workplacelaw 4 wor...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006
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Old git, or still work fit?
...ill work-fit? Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Letters 07 Caution! Old people working 08 Taking the p*ss 14 Upcoming legislative developments, consultations, training, publications and important diary dates for the six months ahead Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their businesses What is the future for the workforce under new age discri...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
