Briefing
What risk-related issues are on the agenda for 2008?
Although there's little in the way of new risk-related regulation coming up in 2008, it appears businesses will continue to face pressure to improve on the management of health, safety, environment... | briefing | 10 Jan 2008 1:45PM
Fire Protection of Electronic Equipment Installations
The protection of electronic equipment installations is a vital part of the business continuity plans of most organisations. A new British Standard provides workplace managers with valuable guidan... | briefing | 14 Aug 2003 5:07PM
Fire Risk Assessments
Fire Risk Assessment – Legislative Overview Fire risk assessments are undertaken in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulatio... | briefing | 14 Mar 2001 3:23PM
Contractual Terms
1.JurisdictionWhat does it mean?"Jurisdiction" describes the extent to which a court is allowed to judge an issue. In a dispute where the parties reside in different countries, the questi... | briefing | 30 Dec 1999 3:08PM
EU Data Protection Update
Data protection issues continue to maintain a significant profile on the EU regulatory landscape. This article is longer than normal e80 articles, to look at the year's changes.
This year saw th... | briefing | 6 Dec 2002 12:19PM
Case
Can an employee be dismissed because of their immigration status?
Under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (“AIA 1996”) an employer is guilty of an offence if it employs a worker subject to immigration control who does not have valid and... | case | 11 Dec 2007 2:36PM
Read more
The HSE is reminding companies to ensure the quality and reliability of heavy machinery following a death on a West Midlands construction site.
Cementation Foundations (Skanska) Limited was fined... | case | 20 Oct 2006 12:00AM
Firm fined
A plant hire firm has been fined £75,000 and ordered to pay £18,500 costs by Plymouth Crown Court, after one of its employees was killed when he was thrown from a moving grass roller.
... | case | 24 Jul 2006 12:00AM
Latest guidance on Polkey deductions
This week's update looks at the case of CEX Limited v. Lewis, where the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) looked at and applied recent guidance from the Court of Appeal and EAT on Polkey deductions... | case | 28 Aug 2007 12:00AM
Company fined after untrained worker causes accident
A property services company has been fined £4,000 with cots of £12,000 in relation to a construction site accident where a worker lost a leg.
The prosecution followed an investigation... | case | 1 Feb 2007 12:00AM
Ebulletin
ation investigation: lessons in business continuity
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Factsheet
Business continuity and crisis management
19% of financial institutions who have business continuity plans have tested them in the last five years.43% of companies experiencing disasters never recover.Seventy three per cent of manage... | Factsheet | 14 Sep 2007 3:47PM
Guide
Guide to Business Continuity 2007
The Guide to Business Continuity 2007 is one of the latest downloadable publications from Workplace Law Publishing. Written by leading authority on the subject, Peter Power, this essential gui... | Guide | 29 Nov 2006 4:00PM
Magazine issue
Business as usual? London bomb blasts
For employers, therefore, 7 July was a lesson in dealing with people in an emergency. Employers have had it continuously fed into them that in an emergency they evacuate everyone safely from the bu... | Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005 2:46PM
Network news
Workplace Law FM Conference - Buncefield
The Buncefield oil storage depot explosion in December 2005 resulted in 40 casualties, damage to residential and commercial premises nearby, and significant environmental pollution.
Today (31 J... | network news | 31 Jan 2007 12:00AM
[Audio] Bird flu - a real crisis?
Peter Power, a respected business continuity expert, spoke to Workplace Law at our recent Facilities Management Legal Update Conference about an issue that has been on the minds of many Workplace... | network news | 26 Jan 2006 12:00AM
Brand new Guide to Business Continuity Management now available
The Guide to Business Continuity Management is the latest publication from Workplace Law Publishing. Written by one of the leading authorities on the subject, Peter Power, this essential guide pro... | network news | 21 Feb 2005 12:00AM
Are Training Courses Costing You Too Much Money?
Workplace Law Training can work with you to cut the cost of training and save the time your people spend away from the workplace.
How? Simply by putting courses together specifically tailored to... | network news | 2 Apr 2004 10:11AM
News
Businesses unprepared for “flood-rich period” to come
A ‘flood-rich’ period over the next few years is going to put businesses with inadequate flood planning at risk, according to the predictions of experts at Durham University’s Ins... | news | 9 May 2008 2:13PM
Businesses swapping continuity plans for 'bulldog spirit'
UK businesses are massively unprepared for disasters, a study by BT Global Services reveals, as three quarters of workers either do not read, understand or know of the existence of their company&rs... | news | 30 Apr 2008 4:31PM
Businesses "seriously underestimate" the cost of a disaster
Small companies are seriously underestimating how much it would cost their business if it was disrupted by a major incident like a flood or a fire, according to new research from BT Business. ... | news | 4 Apr 2008 3:55PM
Businesses "only pay lip service" to continuity planning
The threat of disaster continues to hang over organisations across the UK, as many fail to provide adequate protection for their key assets. New research, published by the Chartered Management Inst... | news | 13 Mar 2008 11:31AM
Health and safety professionals "need to be regulated"
Health and safety professionals have reiterated the call to regulate their profession during an appearance by senior members of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) before the D... | news | 3 Mar 2008 12:29PM
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