Requests for holiday during the upcoming Olympics are still coming thick and fast. Is this likely to create any health and safety headaches that you should be preparing for now?
Published 18.06.2012
One of your staff has recently been diagnosed with a medical condition which can cause him to lose concentration and suffer blurred vision. He claims it won’t affect his ability to do his job, but
you have concerns. What should you do?
Published 12.03.2007
According to the charity Drinkaware, over 500,000 employees regularly turn up to work hungover. Is this a safety issue, and if so, what must you do about it?
Published 16.06.2010
You’ve heard that it’s now a statutory requirement to have edge protection around the top of an excavator engine/counterweight. Is this really the case and, if so, what’s the best way of complying
with your legal duties?
Published 14.10.2013
According to a colleague, the requirement for health surveillance is listed in a number of pieces of health and safety legislation. So when must it be completed and what should it involve?
Published 08.07.2009
You’ve been told that anyone you permit to drive one of your forklift trucks must have a formal medical check-up every year. Is this an explicit legal requirement, and if so, how should you go about
complying with it?
Published 15.01.2010
Although you’ve always been under the impression that it was up to you to identify safe systems of work, some of your larger clients are insisting that you follow their ways of working instead.
Should you stand your ground or go with the flow?
Published 21.11.2014
Recently, many insurance companies have started making demands to check health and safety arrangements before they’ll offer cover. Why is this happening and what can you expect if you’re lined up for
an audit?
Published 22.10.2009
One of your employees has just informed you that they’ve been diagnosed with epilepsy. Are there any health and safety implications, and if so, what should you do to ensure their condition doesn’t
put them, or others, at risk?
Published 10.04.2006