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Do you have to be “lit up” to be smoking?

Posted on March 5, 2013 | Posted in Health & Safety

Can you prevent staff and visitors ‘smoking’ electronic cigarettes on your premises? Apparently not, according to the Health Act 2006, which defines smoking as “being in possession of lit tobacco, or of anything lit which contains tobacco, or any other lit substance in a form in which it could be smoked.” So now you know.[…..]

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HSE now operates a Fee for Intervention

Posted on October 25, 2012 | Posted in Health & Safety

HSE now operates a Fee for Intervention (FFI) cost recovery scheme, which came into effect on 1 October 2012. Under The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012, those who break health and safety laws are liable for recovery of HSE’s related costs, including inspection, investigation and taking enforcement action. The Fee for Intervention hourly rate[…..]

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From down under a decision we are sure that turned the employer 50 shades of grey!

Posted on October 25, 2012 | Posted in Health & Safety

In Australia, in PVYW v Comcare, the Federal Court of Australia was asked to consider whether a worker of a Commonwealth Government Agency, who was injured while having sex on a business trip, sustained her injuries in the course of her employment. The Tribunal decided that the employee’s sexual activity was not an ordinary incident[…..]

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Be Careful Out There

Posted on August 17, 2012 | Posted in Health & Safety

Fatal injury statistics summary for 2011/12 from the Health & Safety Executive The provisional figure for the number of workers fatally injured in 2011/12 is 173, and corresponds to a rate of fatal injury of 0.6 deaths per 100 000 workers. Fatal injuries are subject to chance variation, fluctuating year-on-year, therefore it is necessary to look at trends[…..]

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“Common sense, common safety – progress report”

Posted on August 2, 2011 | Posted in Duty of Care, Health & Safety, Risk Assessment Tagged Health and Safety report

The Department for Work and Pensions has published a report on the progress of health and safety reforms recommended by Lord Young in October 2010. The following are examples of steps already taken In response to the call for risk assessments to be simplified for low hazard workplaces, the HSE has set up on its[…..]

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Organising a team-building event for your employees this year…. then read on

Posted on August 2, 2011 | Posted in Duty of Care, Health & Safety, Risk Assessment Tagged team building event, Work Event

The case of Reynolds v Strutt & Parker LLP (2011) is a tragic case in which an employee of Strutt & Parker (SP) sustained serious brain injuries in a cycling race organised by his employers as part of a work event. Two partners from SP had organised an afternoon of events for employees at a[…..]

During the Easter period, at Wote Street People it makes us think of the green shoots of spring, rebirth, and of course, lighter evenings. Not forgetting the delicious side of Easter… chocolate eggs, hot cross buns… *drools* The celebration of all things green around this time precedes Christianity, with the Vernal Equinox being celebrated when[…..]