With employees increasingly travelling to foreign lands on business, have you done enough to safeguard their health, safety and welfare? What simple “play it safe” steps should you adopt?
Published 15.11.2007
Some employees have raised safety concerns about working alone in certain circumstances. As a result, you’ve decided to review your lone working activities and the suitability of the staff carrying
them out. What should you consider?
Published 09.02.2006
You might have seen reports that the TUC wants an outright ban on high heels in the workplace as they encourage sexism. Is this true and, if so, should you be forcing the girls to wear shoes that
would make their grannies’ proud?
Published 26.08.2009
You probably know that older workers tend to be more productive, take less time off sick and are more reliable than their younger colleagues. But don’t they present more of a safety risk?
Published 03.11.2005
In what’s believed to be the first case of its kind, an employee who regularly worked outside in the sun claimed that her employer was under a legal duty to provide a hat and sunscreen. Is this
something to worry about next summer?
Published 09.09.2014
Those who are employed in lone working roles face a variety of risks. The most obvious one is the threat of violence, but what other key areas should you consider when undertaking a risk assessment
for these types of worker?
Published 17.11.2017
An employee has said that they would prefer to swap your perfectly good office chair for their own “swiss ball”; apparently their gym instructor has told them it’s a great idea for overall fitness.
Should you go along with this request?
Published 19.10.2010
It’s been an exceptionally bad start to the winter and we’ve heard some reports of employees moaning that “it’s too cold to work”. So what does the law say about workplace temperatures and can they
use them as an excuse to go home?
Published 16.12.2010
An employee who’s been off sick for a few days is refusing to divulge the reason for their recent absence. They say that this information is confidential and they have a legal right to privacy. Is
this true?
Published 23.02.2017
An employee has a medical condition which requires him to inject medication. Must your first aiders be specifically trained to help and are you required to make any reasonable adjustments?
Published 06.10.2016