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Environment watchdog to gain new enforcement powers 05/02/2010

Environment watchdog to gain new enforcement powers
The Environment Agency has been granted new civil sanctions under the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008.

 


Fit-note system to come into force this spring 02/02/2010

Fit-note system to come into force this spring
From 6 April this year, GPs will be required to issue those suffering from ill health with fit notes rather than sick notes, following the introduction of new regulations that aim to support more people with health conditions to return to work.

 


EEF claims “sea change” in directors’ involvement in health and safety 02/02/2010

EEF claims “sea change” in directors’ involvement in health and safety
Active leadership on health and safety is now the norm, not the exception. This is the message the EEF is sending out, following the results of a survey of nearly 400 manufacturing organisations.

 


Campaign relaunched to combat slips, trips and falls 01/02/2010

Campaign relaunched to combat slips, trips and falls
Forty people died and £800 million were lost across all industry sectors due to slips, trips and falls at work last year.

 


IOSH manifesto gaining political support 01/02/2010

IOSH manifesto gaining political support
An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion to win backing for IOSH’s manifesto on improving UK citizens’ health and well-being.

 


Worker injured by ill-fitting body armour 29/01/2010

Worker injured by ill-fitting body armour
A community enforcement officer has won damages after his local-authority employer gave him poor-fitting, second-hand body armour to carry out his work.

 


Day to remember dead workers to be officially recognised 28/01/2010

Day to remember dead workers to be officially recognised
Workers’ Memorial Day will be officially marked in the UK from this year, the Government has announced.

 


Teachers told to avoid breaking up brawls 26/01/2010

Teachers told to avoid breaking up brawls
Teachers in Scotland are being warned not to intervene in school-ground fights between pupils after a local authority ruled out paying compensation to a teacher who was injured while trying to break up a struggle.

 




 
    

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Fit-note system to come into force this spring
Yet another example of the Government spotting a real problem and then passing legislation intended to cure it and making a hugely worse problem. Why does this continually happen-because they consult

Research/reports: Trust in turbines
To put this in perspective you should read and then print a critical review of the above written by real medical doctors, one being our very own Dr Chris Hanning. He and his colleagues were not commis

Fit-note system to come into force this spring
Where does it say that employers "HAVE to do a risk assessment" on someone returning to work. This may well be the implied outcome of a return-to-work interview and appropriate pastoral care, but the

Guidance: The role of asbestos surveys
Is P402 accreditation deemed sufficient when coupled with an appropriate level and amount of experience?

Fit-note system to come into force this spring
It made me laugh, when I thought about a visit to the hospital last year and a sign read: 'If you are suffering from flu symptoms go home immdediately'.

Fit-note system to come into force this spring
This has not been thought through. There is a possibility of companies with massively compromised workforces, people still at work but not functioning well. Many will hang on at work, especially if

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