Workplace Law Magazine is available only to Premium Members of the Workplace Law Network. Produced 10 times each year, it is distributed in hard copy format in the first week of the month, and is also available online.
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 promises made in the Queen's Speech 2004 of a draft bill to introduce a new offence of corporate killing or not, the fact is it won't change the duties of employers to ensure the health and safety of employees, visitors to work premises and third parties affected by work activities.
If anything, employers should be viewing the proposals as an opportunity to review their existing health and safety policies and procedures to ensure they meet their current duties under law. If they meet the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act then employers need not concern themselves, and corporate killing becomes a bit of a non-issue.
In this issue...
Legal calendar
Legislative developments, consultations, conferences, training, publications and important diary dates for February-July 2005.
Letters
Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views.
Shock tactics
Do directors really have anything to fear in proposed new health and safety legislation?
Jumble sale
We are all, as employers, required to help people overcome dyslexia, says David Sharp.
Powers of enforcement
Chris Streatfeild asks how effectively the HSE is enforcing health and safety law.
Matters of the heart
Corporate social responsibility as merely PR doesn't work in the end, says The Work Foundation's Nick Isles.
Dilemma
Should an employee opting for fertility treatment be granted paid leave? Employers share their views.
Is this work?
What are an employer's health and safety responsibilities to employees in situations that aren't strictly work?
Case law
Important case rulings influencing workplace management.
Technical update
In-depth practical guidance on COSHH, the Road Transport Directive and fire regulations.
Clinic
Our panel of legal advisors solve your workplace problems.
Analysis
Research reveals businesses have a long way to fo to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act Part III.
0 (0)
