Catering Law

Service providers' responsibilities
From October 2004, new requirements will be introduced under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 that will require many facilities managers to make physical adjustments to their premises. The ne... | briefing | 30 Jun 2000 1:50PM

Government Unveils Future Waste Management Policy
Last week on Tuesday 6 May 2003 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published the Government’s response to the Strategy Unit (SU) report on tackling the UK’s growing ... | briefing | 15 May 2003 9:30AM

Alcohol Use and Abuse Update: April 2003
According to a joint survey by the Chartered Management Institute and the Priory Group, one in five managers claim that alcohol misuse has risen in the past few years. It is also estimated that 14 ... | briefing | 28 Apr 2003 1:05PM

TUPE, Consulting the Workforce: Who is Liable?
Full and proper consultation with appropriate representatives of employees affected by a transfer is almost always a key consideration in a business sale or outsourcing arrangement. Consultation... | briefing | 25 Apr 2003 1:34PM

TUPE: implications
The principal implications of TUPE may be summarised in general terms as follows:  - Employees working immediately before the transfer in the "undertaking" become employees of t... | briefing | 24 May 2001 3:53PM

Food safety: don't let a crisis turn into a disaster
Recent high profile recalls and an unprecedented £1 million fine for food safety breaches are a timely reminder of the importance of food safety and the need to ensure that a proper quality c... | case | 31 Aug 2007 12:00AM

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... | case | 29 Sep 2006 12:00AM

Changing Contractors: How Does TUPE Apply?
This article was first published on elexica (www.elexica.com), the award-winning online legal resource from leading international law firm Simmons & Simmons. Summary The European Court of Jus... | case | 15 Dec 2003 11:20AM

HSE Prosecution after Company Fails to Report Accidents at Work
A fish company has been fined £6,500 for health and safety breaches after a worker suffering injuries so serious in a workplace fall he had to give up his job. Reading Council prosecuted the Su... | case | 11 Aug 2003 10:56AM

Equal Pay: Nelson -v- Carillion Services Ltd
The applicant claimed equality of pay under the Equal Pay Act 1970 with a male employee, whose contract of employment had transferred to the respondent employer when it took over a contract to prov... | case | 5 Aug 2003 3:14PM

Catering: health and safety issues
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Catering: food safety
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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

HEWITT PLEDGES REFORM OF WORKERS' PROTECTION
New proposals to improve the law covering employees' rights when thebusiness they work for transfers to a different employer wereannounced today by Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt.The ... | network news | 10 Sep 2001 4:40PM

Jailed butcher could face E.coli manslaughter charges
A butcher who was jailed for 12 months for breaching food health and safety offences could now face charges of manslaughter. William Tudor supplied schools with meat contaminated by an E.coli s... | news | 14 Sep 2007 12:00AM

Small businesses to get exemption under food safety rules
New proposals by the European Commission (EC) appear to exempt all food businesses with fewer than ten employees from the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system. The system i... | news | 1 May 2007 12:00AM

Cadbury to be prosecuted over salmonella scare
Cadbury Schweppes has been left facing prosecution today over last year's salmonella outbreak after Birmingham Council announced that it was bringing three charges against the company. One of t... | news | 23 Apr 2007 12:00AM

Businesses failing to comply with food hygiene legislation
Three out of five food premises are posing a high risk to public health because of poor hygiene standards and a failure to comply with food safety regulations, a new survey has found. The survey,... | news | 27 Feb 2007 12:00AM

Is there a ‘fundamental’ imbalance with food safety legislation?
Food safety legislation that costs the food industry millions and places extra responsibilities on food manufacturers has not stopped food poisoning rates soaring in the UK, an expert has said. P... | news | 7 Sep 2006 12:00AM

Food Safety Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2004
These Regulations amend the Food Safety Act 1990 ( “the Act”). The amendments are occasioned by Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the Council and European Parliament (OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002... | Regulation | 13 Sep 2004 8:29AM

Food Safety Act 1990
An Act to make new provision in place of the Food Act 1984 (except Parts III and V), the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 and certain other enactments relating to food; to amend Parts III and V o... | Regulation | 29 Jun 1990 7:42PM

Workplace Law Handbook 2008
Over 850 pages of updated practical information in an easy to read A-Z format A-Z guidance on everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health and safety and premises manageme... | product

Workplace Law Handbook 2007
Over 700 pages of updated practical information for workplace managers in an easy to read A-Z format A-Z guidance on everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health and safet... | product

Workplace Law Handbook 2005
Every business in the UK should own a copy of this essential publication! The Workplace Law Handbook 2005 is a complete A-Z guide to everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health... | product

Workplacelaw Network Handbook 2004
The bestselling Workplacelaw Network Handbook 2004 updates and builds on the A-Z content from the second edition. The Handbook was developed to help those involved in facilities management deal wit... | product