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  1. Civil Law? Workplace Health safety And welfare regulations 1992 and Fire code (workplace) regs 1997

    Can you tell me what the civil law was that came into force in October 2003? Where an individual can take out an Injunction against his/her employer, if it is proven that no risk assessment has been carried out in accordance with the workplace health safety and welfare regs 1992. or the management of health Safety and Welfare regs 1999. and Fire Code (workplace) Regs 1997 What does this mean for the employer?

    Comment | 29 Jul 2004

  2. Civil Law? Workplace Health safety And welfare regulations 1992 and Fire code (workplace) regs 1997

    Hi Anne, We published a brief summary of the amendments to the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, which you may find helpful. The summary was written by Mark Tyler of CMS Cameron McKenna: http://www.workplacelaw.net/display.php?resource_id=4003 My understanding is that the amendments opened up a new area of li...

    Comment | 30 Jul 2004

  3. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

    The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 came into force on 1 January 1993 and impose duties on an employer in respect of the health, safety and welfare of the persons in a workplace.   The Regulations cover: Maintenance of workplace and of equipment, devices and systems; Ventilation; Temperature in indoor places; Lighting; ...

    Regulation | 13 Sep 1992

  4. Health, Safety and Welfare: more guidance

    Employers should note that new guidance has been published by the HSE on the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. These Regulations replace older, more complicated laws and implement EC Directives.The key areas of risk are described, and recommendations given as to what employers should do to minimise, if not eliminate, such risks. Areas in ‘health’ include ventilation, temperature, lighting, cleanliness,...

    News | 10 Jan 2002

  5. Do workplace health and safety laws relate just to workers?

    ...n action of damages for the injuries she sustained as a result of the accident. The claimant’s cause of action against the Second and Third Defenders, who were alleged to have been in control of the loading bay, was that they breached the requirements imposed by Regulations 17(1) and 17(2) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which were enacted in the UK in order to implement the EU Workplace Directive. These Regulations require that (1) every workplace should be organised in such a way that pedestrians and vehicles can circulate in a safe manner and (2) that traffic routes in a workplace should be suitable for the p...

    Case | 17 Nov 2005

  6. Businessman fined £30,000 over dirty workplace toilets

    ...d it would have been cheaper to have had an efficient cleaning system in place originally. Workplace Law’s Toilets factsheet advises that there are a number of relevant Standards appropriate to washroom provision of which managers should be aware. The provision of facilities specified by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (the ‘Regulations’) is covered below. The same Regulations also specify the provision of washroom equipment to include basic minimum standards. These include the following. Water and soap dispensers  Regulation 21 of the Regulations states that ‘washing facilities ... must include soap ...

    Case | 16 Apr 2010

  7. Workplace warning as UK faces summer heat health alert

    ...a heat-health warning was issued was in the hot summer of 2006."The Heat-Health Watch is currently at level two, but with the probability of heatwave conditions at 70%, the Met office predicts this to increase to level three during the course of the week. Workplace temperatures are governed by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which lay down requirements for most aspects of the working environment.  Regulation 7, which deals specifically with the temperatures of indoor workplaces, states that the “temperature in all workplaces inside buildings shall be reasonable,” and though the associated Code of Practice sets o...

    News | 29 Jun 2009

  8. Petition for maximum workplace temperature launched

    ...e temperature law. Ben Baldwin, a bakery worker and Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) member has so far collected 157 signatures in favour of a maximum workplace temperature and the petition will remain open until October 2009. Temperatures in the workplace are covered by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which place a legal obligation on employers to provide a ‘reasonable’ temperature in the workplace. The Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) suggests a minimum temperature in workrooms should normally be at least 16° C – or 13° C if much of the work indoors involves severe physical effort. The...

    News | 14 Jan 2009

  9. Toilet facility regulations

    ...hile we are busy spending your extra money, as well as employing extra cleaners per shift, let’s employ some extra cover for holidays, sick days, days off etc. After all, it’s a small price to pay for avoiding having to go up or down one floor to find a toilet that isn’t being cleaned! The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 require that toilets be provided at ‘readily accessible places’ and I think that simply going upstairs or downstairs fits this description. After all, most people will need to go upstairs at home, why not at work? And if someone is so desperate to go that they can’t make it upstairs, they are...

    Comment | 14 Jul 2010

  10. 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) Regulations 1992; £4,000 for a poor risk assessment (maximum £5,000) under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999; £20,000 for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (maximum £20,000); £8986.90 fees; and a victim surcharge of £15. The company appealed, but now has to pay the fi...

    Case | 16 Jun 2008

  11. Health Act 2006

    The Health Act 2006 came into force on 19 July 2006, introducing the ‘smoking ban’ in England from July 2007. Previously, smoking was purported to be governed by a combination of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which required employers to take steps to assess and minimise the risks to their employees and visitors from environmental tobacco smoke in the workplace.   These requirements, although still in existence, have been largely overtaken by the ‘smoke-free’ legislation, which, insofar as Englan...

    Regulation | 19 Jul 2006

  12. Toilet facility regulations

    Belinda, I would get back onto your Line Manager and quote The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Para 20 (see below). If the Management refuse to accommodate get onto your local Inspector at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who will be only too willing to come and inspect your premises! Re your disabled toilet. There is nothing to stop abled bodied persons from using the facilities s...

    Comment | 15 Sep 2009

  13. Office printer particles raise health and safety fears

    ...nown and documented. They range from electrical hazards, noise, dusts and fumes to exposure to hazardous chemicals which can cause respiratory problems, including occupational asthma, and dermatitis. These risks are controlled in the UK through several health and safety regulations, notably the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992; the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) and the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. Primarily aimed at commercial printing organisations, the Health & Safety Executive, in partnership with the Printing Industry Advisory Committee, has published a suite of 50 g...

    News | 2 Aug 2007

  14. HM Revenue and Customs censured over call centre working conditions

    ...e Monday 22 October 2007, for failure to comply with a Crown Improvement Notice and failure to ensure reasonable thermal comfort in a call centre in Bathgate, West Lothian. HMRC was censured under Section 33(1)(g)1 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (the HSWA), under Regulation 7(1)2 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and Section 33(1)(c) of the HSWA. Whilst criminal proceedings cannot not be taken against the Crown, administrative procedures, known as Crown Censures, are used in circumstances where it is HSE's opinion that, but for Crown immunity, there would have been sufficient evidence to provide a realisti...

    Case | 26 Oct 2007

  15. Toilet facility regulations

    ...; welfare should be provided at any construction site, transient or fixed, whatever the duration of the works. See HSE information sheets 46 for transient, like road repair gangs, and information sheet 18 for fixed sites. The need for welfare at construction sites is a duty to comply with the Workplace (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and the CDM approved code of practice does state that there should be adequate welfare facilities provided from the start of a project, and that in my mind means day 1, the first thing to set up. The construction industry is very backward in its thin...

    Comment | 2 Dec 2008

  16. KFC falls foul of health and safety regulations

    KFC has been found guilty of two charges under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. The charges relate failing to keep the floor to the kitchen free from substances likely to cause a person to slip. KFC also pleaded guilty to a third offence under food hygiene regulations for a dirty kitchen. Hereford Magistrates fined the company £3,600 for each offence and ordered it to pa...

    Case | 29 Sep 2006

  17. FM and Regulatory Compliance

    ...Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992  The Dangerous Substance and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations 2002

    Comment | 24 Jul 2008

  18. 1992 Regulations: Ventilation

    ... "1. As the employer of people at work the information in the handbook applies in terms of the provision of fresh air. It is the duty of the employer, under Health and Safety law, to provide this. [Bob is referring to a chapter in the Workplace Law Handbook, which explains that the ACoP to the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 states that workplaces should be sufficiently well ventilated so that stale air, and air which is hot or humid because of the processes or equipment in the workplace, is replaced at a reasonable rate. In many cases natural ventilation through windows or other openings may be sufficient, but mechani...

    Comment | 1 May 2008

  19. Heatwave warning: how will you cope in the workplace?

    ...promptly if they find anything that causes them concern. Workplace temperature The guide Temperature in the Workplace: Coping with Summer is available on the Workplace Law Network at: http://www.workplacelaw.net/display.php?resource_id=3675&a_id1590   As stated in the guide, under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, there is no maximum limit other than that "during working hours, the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings shall be reasonable". The Approved Code of Practice defines a reasonable temperature as one which should secure the thermal comfort of people at work, allowing for clothing, activity...

    News | 13 May 2005

  20. Workplace health, safety and welfare. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. Approved Code of Practice

    Guidance on the Regulations, which covers a variety of precise health and safety at work issues. Encompassing the regulatory requirements – applicable to most workplaces – on specific subjects like ventilation, temperature, lighting, cleanliness, room dimensions, workstations and seating, floor conditions, falls or falling objects, transparent and translucent doors, gates and walls, windows, skylights and ventilators, traffic routes, escalators, sanitary conveni...

    Official guidance | 1 Jan 1992

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