Food and hygiene Law - Workplace Law Network
Case
Investigation launched after Legionnaires’ case confirmed
A case of Legionnaires’ disease has been confirmed in a man who had visited leisure club facilities at a hotel in Dundee.
NHS experts and Dundee City Council have confirmed they ar... | case | 29 Mar 2011 2:59PM
KFC to pay out £19,000 over hygiene breaches
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has been ordered to pay £19,000 after flies, a cockroach and a mouse were found in one of its West End branches. Health inspectors reportedly found a cock... | case | 11 May 2010 11:41AM
Muslim chef loses religious discrimination case over handling pork
A Muslim chef who accused his employer, the Metropolitan Police, of religious discrimination, has lost his Tribunal case. Hasanali Khoja said that when he was offered the job as a chef he was a... | case | 27 May 2009 12:14PM
Tips test case upholds minimum wage law
In a test case the Court yesterday ruled in HM Revenue & Customs' favour by upholding current national minimum wage legislation relating to tips, gratuities and discretionary service charge... | case | 8 May 2009 11:40AM
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
Factsheet
Catering: health and safety issues
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Catering: food safety
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Network news
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
News
CIEH argues for local food safety services
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has continued to make a robust case for local food safety services rather than a central delivery model following an Open Board meeting of the... | news | 14 Jul 2011 3:01PM
Health warning on commercial dishcloths
New research released at a recent public health conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) found that over 90% of home and commercial dish cloths contain potenti... | news | 13 Apr 2011 7:24AM
Warning about claims for ‘BlackBerry thumb’
A law firm has predicted a rise in claims for ‘new’ conditions such as ‘BlackBerry thumb’ and ‘popcorn lungs’. Roberts Jackson Solicitors said increased awaren... | news | 25 Mar 2011 2:36PM
Liverpool council can’t afford food safety checks
Liverpool City Council has confirmed that hundreds of food businesses are not being inspected because it cannot afford to recruit enough environmental health officers.
An audit published this ... | news | 30 Nov 2010 1:00PM
Coroner calls for stronger enforcement of food hygiene laws
The coroner at the inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy in an E. coli outbreak in South Wales in 2005 has ruled that he was unable to return a verdict of unlawful killing. However, wi... | news | 26 Nov 2010 10:25AM
News analysis
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... | news analysis | 30 Jun 2000 1:50PM
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... | news analysis | 24 May 2001 3:53PM
Climate Change Levy
The Climate Change Levy, which is a tax on commercial energy users, will come into force from April 2001.The tax is designed to be approximately proportional to the amount of carbon dioxide produce... | news analysis | 1 Jan 2001 3:03PM
New focus on noise at work
The cost for failing to protect workers from excessive noise can be exorbitant. Recent personal injury claims have resulted in compensation of up to £175,000 for work related hearing damage. Unfort... | news analysis | 30 Apr 1999 3:49PM
Proposed new regulations for young workers, more information
The Government has issued draft regulations to implement the Young Workers Directive (EC No.94/33) which is now nearly two years overdue [as previously reported on the Network]. The draft regulati... | news analysis | 20 Jun 2002 10:34AM
Regulation
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 workp... | Regulation | 13 Sep 1992 9:05AM
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Comments
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
Anonymous said above :"No one can say that the US has a lower standard of living than Europe. "
Is there a law to stop people saying this? Or are you suggesting that the working popula... | comment | 23 Dec 2008 5:53PM
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
Time and time again successive governments sell out their own people to remain competitive in the global marketplace. It is about time it stopped. Enforce the opt-out then provide real help and sup... | comment | 23 Dec 2008 1:38AM
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
Hello
More concerned about people who have to work 60 hours and get paid for 35.
Barry | comment | 21 Dec 2008 8:21PM
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
Unfortunately in many cases the employee doesn't have any choice, and nobody should rely on overtime as it can easily be stopped. Companies who rely on staff working overtime are short sighted... | comment | 19 Dec 2008 8:59AM
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
I don't think that the government should take this choice away from employees. Financially I think UK employees struggle enough at the moment - does this mean that more people will be taking ... | comment | 18 Dec 2008 3:01PM
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
Why should they up your hourly rate? If you are working a 60 hour week, for every two of you working there is enough work for three, and you are doing people out of a job. Let the business start em... | comment | 18 Dec 2008 8:59AM
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
I love it when they come with the excuse "oh what if one of the family members gets sacked and the other has to put extra hours to feed the family... " well in that case another family th... | comment | 17 Dec 2008 8:04AM
UK Employers Want to Keep 48-hour Week Opt Out
I love it when they come with the excuse "oh what if one of the family members gets sacked and the other has to put extra hours to feed the family... " well in that case another family th... | comment | 17 Dec 2008 8:01AM
Christmas Time: Managing the Risks
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If you are going to be serving alcohol make sure that you have read your company alcohol policy. Make sure that you have the approval of the HR and Management team to make it available if y... | comment | 13 Nov 2006 3:32PM
Christmas Time: Managing the Risks
One thing to remember is it is not necessarily the staff one has to risk assess for but for outside parties such as friends and family members. Are the external visitors aware of the special precau... | comment | 11 Nov 2006 10:59AM
