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Simon Toseland comments on new HSE statistics
New figures published by the HSE show that the number of people injured and made unwell at work has continued to fall but there has been an increase in the number of fatalities at work. Simon Tose... | audio | 7 Nov 2011 9:05AM

Reaction to sentencing in the first-ever Corporate Manslaughter case
Kevin Bridges, Partner at Pinsent Masons, who acted on behalf of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd in the first-ever Corporate Manslaughter case, talks to Workplace Law about the verdict and the s... | audio | 18 Feb 2011 5:09PM

Blog post

Gull-able to Health and Safety Myths
The launch of the HSE's new Myth Busting panel has a noble aim, of addressing the persistent and often unwarranted criticisms of the role of health and safety regulation in this country. However, ... | blog post | 16 Apr 2012 10:08AM

Five years of the CDM Regs - still more to be done?
As we pass the fifth anniversary of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2007 – which came into force on 6 April 2007 – there has been much discussion and debate o... | blog post | 10 Apr 2012 9:52AM

Briefing

Health and safety induction training
As an employer, you have a legal responsibility to ensure the health and safety of your employees. This includes providing them with appropriate information and training when they first start work ... | briefing | 13 Sep 2007 4:29PM

Homeworking
The number of office workers that are now equipped to work from home or other locations away from the main office has continued to increase since the concept was introduced well over a decade ago.&... | briefing | 16 Nov 2007 1:18PM

Ladder safety: working from height
The Work at Height Regulations 2005, as amended by the Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations 2007, apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury. ... | briefing | 9 Sep 2008 4:56PM

CDM guidance: ensuring compliance under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2007 came into force on 6 April 2007, completely replacing the previous CDM 1994 Regulations and the Construction Health, Safety and Welfa... | briefing | 1 Sep 2010 12:19PM

RIDDOR changes explained
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), is a single piece of legislation that requires organisations to look at certain situations that occur within... | briefing | 3 Feb 2012 12:09PM

Case

Scaffolding firm fine reminder of construction dangers
The prosecution of a scaffolding firm following the accident of a construction worker who fell seven metres through a roof in Stoke-on-Trent is another stark reminder of the consequences of not tak... | case | 27 Jan 2012 3:48PM

Company fined £10,000 after workers engulfed in fireball
A company and its manager have been fined after two workers were engulfed in a fireball when they cut through a live 1,000-volt electrical cable at an industrial unit in Telford. The HSE prosecute... | case | 9 Dec 2011 9:44AM

UK Coal ordered to pay £1.2 million for safety failings
UK Coal Mining Ltd has been ordered to pay £1.2 million for safety failings that cost the lives of four mineworkers in separate incidents at two collieries in Nottinghamshire and the East Mid... | case | 15 Dec 2011 9:22AM

Fine over safety breaches halved
A company has had its £100,000 fine for health and safety breaches which led to the death of a worker halved. In April 2005 Mark Wright, who worked at Deeside Metals in Saltney, was baling s... | case | 12 Dec 2011 9:39AM

Warning to businesses using gas contractors
Businesses have been warned to carefully check the credentials of anyone hired to carry out gas work after a plumber who handed over a false registration number left a restaurant in a dangerous sta... | case | 7 Dec 2011 9:32AM

Case review

BAI (Run Off) Limited v. Durham (and eight others)
In a landmark case that will provide for future mesothelioma victims' families, the lead case in a Supreme Court judgment handed down today (28 March) gives “clarity, consistency and comfort&... | case review | 30 Mar 2012 4:59PM

R. v. Eaton and Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd (2010)
On 23 April 2009, the CPS publicised the first corporate manslaughter charge under the new Act, against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd in relation to the death of Alexander Wright in September ... | case review |

George Farrar Quarries Ltd (company) and Richard Atterby (consultant) v. HSE
Richard Atterby had provided health and safety services to George Farrar (Quarries) Ltd for over three years. His work involved carrying out risk assessments on behalf of his client. The court hear... | case review | 27 Feb 2009 1:13PM

Her Majesty’s Advocate v. Discovery Homes and Richard Pratt (2010)
On 29 May 2008, Andrezej Freitag, an employee of Discovery Homes, fell down a smoke extraction shaft adjacent to a stairway on a construction site operated by his employer. He was in the proce... | case review | 25 Jun 2010 4:36PM

Howorth Scaffolding Services Ltd & Glenmill Group (Developments) Ltd (2010)
Construction worker, Peter Walton, fell five metres from scaffolding on Altham Industrial Estate on 10 May 2006. The 55-year-old had been working on a project to build three new office blocks when ... | case review | 7 Sep 2010 4:49PM

Consultancy case study

Helping Chaps Ltd get CHAS accredited
"In 2009 Chaps Ltd recognised that it needed to improve its health and safety systems. We changed our Health and Safety consultants to Workplace Law in order to give us a fresh approach towards our... | consultancy case study |

Helping M Moser achieve OHSAS 18001 accreditation
“The accreditation enhances our client services, evidences the robustness of our processes and demonstrates the passion and professionalism of our staff on every level. “The exceptiona... | consultancy case study |

Workplace Law help breathe become CHAS compliant
"The service went far beyond the original proposals and included intensive tuition for the breathe health and safety advisor. This has started to change the health and safety culture of the bu... | consultancy case study |

Ebulletin

Legionella trial draws to an end
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 240 19 July 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplacelaw.net ... | ebulletin | 19 Jul 2006 12:47PM

Will the Government introduce a corporate killing law?
[subject - Members E-bulletin 148, 8 September 2004] 8 September 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 148 of yo... | ebulletin | 8 Sep 2004 5:07PM

Court of Appeal Rulings Mean Further Increases in Tribunal Awards
[subject - Members E-bulletin 121, 18 February 2004] 18 February 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 121 of yo... | ebulletin | 18 Feb 2004 4:23PM

DTI Publishes Schedule of New Employment Regulations
[subject - Members E-bulletin 116, 14 January 2004] 14 January 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 116 of your... | ebulletin | 14 Jan 2004 4:14PM

Corporate Killing Proposals
22 May 2003 © Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net Welcome to issue no. 83 of your weekly members bulletin. Don't forget - our membership services team are always t... | ebulletin | 21 May 2003 3:58PM

Factsheet

Accident investigations
Up to one in three road accidents involve a vehicle being driven for work purposes. Every week around 200 road deaths and serious injuries involve someone at work. In ... | Factsheet | 14 Sep 2007 2:38PM

Corporate manslaughter
| Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 6:46AM

Magazine issue

Directors' responsibilities for health and safety
We could talk until we're blue in the face about corporate killing, and indeed many hahev since Labour first promised to address the issue in its 1997 manifesto. Whether we're convinced by new pro... | Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2005 1:50PM

Legionella trial special
Architect Gillian Beckingham is to face a retrial on seven counts of manslaughter following an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease in Barrow-in-Furness in August 2002. This was the worst case of... | Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2005 3:41PM

R v. Beckingham: case closed
The prosecution of Gillian Beckingham and Barrow Borough Council following the UK’s largest ever outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease has raised a number of important issues and questions:... | Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2006 5:14PM

Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
At 6.03am on 11 December 2005, journalist Colin Campbell was live on BBC News 24, outside the Foreign Office in Central London. A sound was heard in the background, and he faltered. “I actual... | Magazine issue | 5 May 2009 12:39PM

Killing time
As an organisation that exists to provide information and advice to employers, it was something of a reality check to this month take a look beyond the implications for businesses of the implementa... | Magazine issue | 27 Feb 2008 10:31AM

Network news

Workplace Law Handbooks available to pre-order now!
The Workplace Law Handbooks 2012 are available to pre-order today, ahead of their publication date of 7 November 2011. Now in their 11th edition, the Handbooks contain everything you need to know a... | network news | 25 Oct 2011 10:43AM

Countdown to the UK's biggest Compliance event for FM
There are now just seven weeks to go until the UK's biggest compliance event for facilities managers – Workplace Law's 12th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner &... | network news | 15 Feb 2011 4:54PM

Workplace Law experts speak at USHA and AUDE Conferences
Rob Castledine, Associate Director of Health and Safety at Workplace Law will be giving a major presentation on Wednesday 8 April at the USHA Conference, Cardiff – ‘Safety, Health and... | network news | 8 Apr 2009 2:14PM

Employers complacent about corporate manslaughter law
Employers are unaware of the impact of new health and safety legislation which could see them heavily fined and shunned by customers and suppliers if found guilty of killing people by their actions... | network news | 25 Mar 2008 10:40AM

Definitive guidance on the Corporate Manslaughter Act published today
Workplace Law Network has launched the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007: Special Report today, which has been published to provide managers, employers and direc... | network news | 28 Feb 2008 4:19PM

News

Myth Busters panel to challenge 'elf n safety jobsworths'
The HSE has published online tips for the Jubilee, giving advice about common misconceptions, and is offering the support of its Myth Busters Challenge Panel to help address any silly restrictions ... | news | 23 May 2012 11:56AM

Broad support for Lӧfstedt amongst FPB members
The majority of members of the Forum for Private Business' health and safety panel are broadly in favour of the common sense approach outlined in the Government's Lӧfstedt Review. According to the... | news | 21 May 2012 2:01PM

Construction firm ignored repeated HSE Inspector's warnings
A construction company has been fined for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 ... | news | 18 May 2012 10:31AM

Fireman claims sexual discrimination over hair cut
A fireman is suing his employers for sexual discrimination after being told to 'get a proper haircut', reports the Teeside Gazette. Ian Holdsworth claims he was humiliated by being told he was goin... | news | 16 May 2012 10:02AM

Record fine in first NI Corporate Manslaughter conviction
A farming company has become the first in Northern Ireland to be convicted under new Corporate Manslaughter legislation, and has been handed down the largest ever fine in Northern Ireland for a hea... | news | 10 May 2012 8:34AM

News analysis

Consultation to replace 2001 Health and Safety at Work Order with new 2013 Order
A consultation has been launched by the HSE on proposals to replace the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2001 (the 2001 Order), with the Health and ... | news analysis | 23 Apr 2012 2:25PM

Budget 2012: taxing times
This year’s Budget reinforces and to some extent reiterates some measures the Government put in place last year to achieve growth in the economy. In this News Analysis, Pam Loch reviews some... | news analysis | 27 Mar 2012 10:46AM

There’s always one: The HSE’s targeting of senior managers and company directors
Directors and senior managers at all organisations should know the importance of taking health and safety seriously, both for themselves and for their organisation. However, how many of these senio... | news analysis | 13 Mar 2012 11:37AM

School's out: a breach of legislation?
Before the strikes organised by the NUT and ATL unions on Thursday 30 June 2011, there was much commentary on whether or not schools could remain open with reduced staffing levels. It was reported ... | news analysis | 5 Jul 2011 2:45PM

London riots: FAQs
In light of the continuing disturbances in London and across the UK, this news analysis looks at a few key questions regarding the incidents and how they are affecting businesses. To dow... | news analysis | 10 Aug 2011 9:14AM

Official guidance

A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995
This publication is a detailed guide to The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR). This edition provides information about the updated Regulations, wh... | official guidance | 6 Apr 2012 5:18PM

Light and lighting. Lighting of work places. Indoor work places
If you design or specify lighting in workspace layouts, then you'll need to know about changes to the standard for lighting indoor work places, which might affect your work. The standard's aim is ... | official guidance | 30 Jun 2011 12:02PM

Protecting the public: Your next move
This guidance focuses on the reality that hazardous construction work can be a fatal danger, not only for those within the industry, but the wider public also. Practical advice, especially for tho... | official guidance | 1 Jan 2009 5:24PM

Workplace Exposure Limits: Containing the list of workplace exposure limits for use with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended)
This edition of EH40 replaces the previous version, first published in 2005, and takes account of new substances and workplace exposure limits (WELs) introduced in 2007 and 2011. Many people are e... | official guidance | 1 Jan 2011 3:24PM

Work with materials containing asbestos. Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006
This AcoP applies to all asbestos work and is of particular relevance to work on (or that which disturbs or is liable to disturb) asbestos containing materials, asbestos sampling and laboratory ana... | official guidance | 1 Jan 2006 11:42AM

Regulation

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
The Protection of Freedoms Act includes a wide range of measures. Key areas Brings in a new framework for police retention of fingerprints and DNA data, and requires schools to get parents&rsqu... | Regulation | 1 May 2012 11:14AM

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (Amendment) Regulations (RIDDOR) 2012
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 came into force on 1 April 1996 and require the reporting of specified accidents, ill health and dangerous occurrences... | Regulation | 6 Apr 2012 8:21AM

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR) came into force on 13 November 2006, except Regulation 20(4), which came into force on 6 April 2007. The CAR Regulations bring together the three prev... | Regulation | 6 Apr 2012 3:38PM

Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2010
These Regulations update and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations (various versions) and fix or determine the fees payable by an applicant to the Health and Safety Executive in respect ... | Regulation | 2 Mar 2010 12:07PM

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 was introduced on 31 July 1974 to provide a comprehensive and integrated piece of legislation dealing with the health and safety of people at work and th... | Regulation | 31 Jul 1974 6:39PM

Special report

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act: Special Report
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is one of the biggest changes to health and safety law since the HSWA. Its influence will affect everyone with responsibility for the heal... | Special report | 27 Feb 2008 1:49PM

Driving at Work 2008: Special Report (electronic format)
Up-to-date, in-depth guidance on employers’ responsibilities under health and safety law Practical advice to help you comply with your legal duties Exclusive research and opinion from industr... | Special report | 21 Apr 2008 3:48PM

Facilities Management Legal Update 2008: special report
Essential new guidance specifically for facilities managers In-depth guidance on the key issues facing facilities managers in the next 12 monthsExclusive research and opinion from industry expertsP... | Special report | 31 Jan 2008 2:32PM

Working with Contractors 2008: Special Report
Some of the most high profile health and safety cases have involved contractors – the leading case of R v. Associated Octel (1996), in which an employee of a specialist cleaning contractor wa... | Special report | 28 Sep 2007 3:50PM

Video - Documentary

Fire safety: Life after the RRO
This specially commissioned film, Fire safety: Life after the RRO, explores the problems facing facilities managers since the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) 2005. ... | Video - Documentary | 9 Mar 2010 10:38AM

Air conditioning: Put to the test
The Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2007 require all larger air conditioning systems to be inspected by an accredited air conditioning inspector by January 2009, while all systems with ... | Video - Documentary | 22 Mar 2010 11:05AM

Workplace Law Executive Centre: a case study in compliance
The Workplace Law Executive Centre at Clerkenwell Road, London, has now officially opened for business. Taking on a building in shell and core condition, this film uncovers the difficulties faced ... | Video - Documentary | 19 Apr 2010 11:47AM

Dealing with disability
Jayn Bond interviews Mike Hare, Architect, who was the innocent victim in a car accident on his way home from work. Mike talks about his experience and the challenges he has faced since in order to... | Video - Documentary | 8 Jun 2010 10:30AM

Access all areas
Since the plethora of changes to the Disability Discrimination Act and Building Regulations Part M, and the introduction of BS 8300:2009, how have things shaken out for employers? This exclusi... | Video - Documentary | 23 Jun 2010 1:22PM

Video - Legal update

CDM five years on…
This legal update, hosted by Simon Toseland, Head of Health and Safety at Workplace Law, looks at what impact the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2007 have had in their first... | Video - Legal update | 10 May 2012 3:31PM

Health & safety update
Simon Toseland, Head of Health and Safety at Workplace Law, hosts this free health and safety update exclusively available for premium members. This is an essential update on recent and proposed c... | Video - Legal update | 16 Jun 2010 10:57AM

In case you missed it...
This short film provides an update on regulatory changes and events that have occurred in the past twelve months, including: changes to wheel clamping regulation, changes to music licensing and the... | Video - Legal update | 28 Jun 2011 9:34AM

In case you missed it... 2
This short film available to all premium members provides an update on regulatory changes and events that have occurred in the past twelve months, including: changes to wheel clamping regulati... | Video - Legal update | 15 Dec 2011 12:48PM

Health and safety legal update
This short legal update film, hosted by Simon Toseland, Head of Health and Safety at Workplace Law, looks at changes to RIDDOR reporting and new guidance from the HSE, the Low Hazard Workplace... | Video - Legal update | 6 Feb 2012 12:53PM

Video - News

Weekly news 16-22 May 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news which covers the publication of the Beecroft report, the rewriting of CDM regulations, a firefighter acquitted of manslaughter, the BIM to set a 'gold stan... | Video - News | 23 May 2012 9:24AM

Weekly news 9-15 May 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news which covers employment law reforms in the Queen's speech, a case concerning sleeping at work, the first Corporate Manslaughter convinction in Northern Ire... | Video - News | 15 May 2012 4:40PM

Weekly news 2-8 May 2012
Welcome to this week's newswhich covers a Minister claiming health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, a fire alert at a theatre in London, EU youth unemployment rising, 40% of over 65s who would pr... | Video - News | 8 May 2012 3:17PM

Weekly news 25 April-1 May 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news which covers fire service managers facing prosecution over four fireman deaths, a union claiming workplace deaths are 'underestimated', the Supreme Court d... | Video - News | 1 May 2012 10:30AM

Weekly news 18-25 April 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news which covers the launch of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign, a packaging company fined following an injury, survey findings which show employers relying o... | Video - News | 24 Apr 2012 4:54PM

Video - Promotion

E-learning case study: value-added training
E-learning is proving ever more popular with both students and clients.Workplace Law Health and Safety has been working with City College Norwich (CCN) to develop a customised e-learning package to... | Video - Promotion | 28 Oct 2011 12:05PM

Video - Seminar

Corporate manslaughter in court: implications for employers
How well equipped is your organisation to deal with a serious accident or fatality at work? If you were subject to an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive or the police, how would you m... | Video - Seminar | 27 May 2009 12:38PM

Safety schemes in procurement
Over the years, the proliferation of health and safety pre-qualification questionnaires has become a source of excessive paperwork and time for both ‘suppliers’ and ‘buyers’... | Video - Seminar | 13 Apr 2010 9:47AM

First Aid at work
Are you aware of your first aid responsibilities within your workplace? Do you know what the Regulations require? In this free seminar, Simon Toseland, Head of Health and Safety at Workplace Law, ... | Video - Seminar | 27 Sep 2010 4:57PM

Lord Young's review of health and safety
The outcome of Lord Young’s eagerly awaited health and safety review may not have been the ‘bonfire of the regulations’ that some anticipated, but it could still mean some big cha... | Video - Seminar | 1 Nov 2010 12:25PM

Asbestos duties and management
So you’ve had your asbestos surveys carried out, registers have been compiled and building managers notified of the findings.   You’d like to be able to tick the box marked &lsq... | Video - Seminar | 18 Jan 2011 4:41PM

Upcoming video

Health and safety legal update - Thursday 2 August 2012
Find out the latest proposed, forthcoming and recent changes to legislation that may affect you and your organisation from one of Workplace Law Health and Safety's experts. | Upcoming video | 2 Aug 2012 3:42PM

What the papers say

School confiscates girl's Vaseline for her dry lips... due to health and safety fears
When her seven-year-old daughter complained of dry lips, Joanne Wilkins gave her a tiny tin of Vaseline to apply at school. But when Ellie-Maye went to use it, it was confiscated – because i... | what the papers say | 8 Aug 2011 4:03PM

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Fireman claims sexual discrimination over hair cut
Hmmmm..... this case seems to be a tad mischeivous and there are possibly other personality factors at work here. I spent many years as an operational fire fighter and officer, especially thr... | comment | 21 May 2012 9:05PM

Fireman claims sexual discrimination over hair cut
I'd largely agree with John. However, it’s not rare for ratings to be selected for promotion to commissioned officer rank in the Royal Navy. In my time in the RN, some 20% of all officers st... | comment | 21 May 2012 11:08AM

Construction firm ignored repeated HSE Inspector's warnings
At the very least the company Director/s should not be allowed to setup a new company for a pre-set period. This is the most common practice used to avoid responsibility, I have seen this done man... | comment | 21 May 2012 7:47AM

Construction firm ignored repeated HSE Inspector's warnings
Company in Liquidation - total waste of money and manpower bringing this to court - meaningless exercise in legislative excess or maybe they know some way of recovering costs from a company in liqu... | comment | 19 May 2012 12:40PM

Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Im sorry, but I do not not agree that in the example of the cleaner slipping on a polished floor, he should have had compensation. Did the cleaner not see that the floor was polished? Could he ... | comment | 19 May 2012 11:17AM

Fireman claims sexual discrimination over hair cut
From my very limited direct experience of the Fire Service compared with a number of years working as a member of a Constabulary's support staff, it always struck me that the Fire Service was ... | comment | 18 May 2012 9:34AM

Health and safety bureaucracy costs jobs, says Minister
Ernie The common sense approach in the example I have given would have been to paint the floor in non-slip paint in the first place, instead of gambling with safety by cutting costs. Anothe... | comment | 18 May 2012 8:59AM

Fireman claims sexual discrimination over hair cut
You have to take into account this is a disciplined service. Equal opportunities will apply but not all the time. Certainly in the Army a female could have long hair as long as it was kept neat and... | comment | 17 May 2012 4:35PM

Fireman claims sexual discrimination over hair cut
Having worked in both the private and public sectors, I can safely say there are just as many incompetent managers in the private sector than in the public sector. In any case, this particular clai... | comment | 17 May 2012 10:19AM

Fireman claims sexual discrimination over hair cut
Either it is a matter of Health and safety or it isn't. Anyone doing the same job using the same equipment should have the same rules applied male or female. However one may wonder at the ment... | comment | 17 May 2012 9:22AM