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Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion
Would you pay a health and safety consultant £200 to produce a 17-page document highlighting the risks to your staff of making a cup of tea? East Hertfordshire Council has, and claims it was money well spent. But were the council taking a sensible precaution or was it a case of health and safety overkill? The story can now join ranks with others on excessive risk aversion including hanging baskets being banned in case they fall on someone, trapeze artists being made to wear hard hats and children having to wear goggles to play conkers. As well as proving fodder for people to shake their head and ask “where has common sense gone?” they raise the interesting question: when it comes to health and safety how far is too far?In this issue...
Legal calendar
Upcoming legal developments, events, training and important diary dates for the next six months.
Letters
Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their business.
Mug’s game?
In a culture where £200 is spent teaching employees how to make a cup of tea safely it seems that employers are becoming increasingly risk averse in order to prevent being sued. Is this health and safety overkill or a sensible precaution? Katy Brown reports.
No more nine to five?
With more people than ever saying they want to work flexibly and looking for a better worklife balance, Caroline Merz investigates if our traditional working culture — and the laws surrounding it — are changing for good.
Gay banker sues HSBC 13 for discrimination
Greg Campbell comments on the implications of the recent high profile sexual orientation case.
Is flexible working?
Mary Sutton questions if there has been any real change in the workplace since the introduction of flexible working regulations.
Driving at work
The issues surrounding driving at work are many and complex, but are employers really doing enough to protect the safety of their workers, and themselves from prosecution? Nick Jordan reports.
Case law
Legal experts offer their advice to employers on the implications of recent case law.
Technical guidance
In-depth legal guidance on: part-time workers and bank holiday Mondays; strike action — an employer’s guide; House of Lords reverse Mesothelioma compensation ruling and, TUPE transfers and normal retiring age.
Clinic
What provisions do we have to make for a breastfeeding employee who wishes to express milk at work?
Analysis
Attitudes to the tribunal process
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