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Everybody has an interest in an evaluation of the risks and corrective measures to be put in place, and everyone in the workplace has a valuable contribution to make; assessing Occupational Health and Safety risks is in the interest of both companies and their workers. It is a partnership approach and should be carried out with the active involvement of the whole workforce; workers have to be involved and consulted in the risk assessment process. The European prevention approach:
More Info on this 2 year campaign: What safety representatives can do to raise awareness and tackle bullying in the workplace There are a number of positive steps that safety representatives can take to raise awareness and tackle bullying in the workplace. Use posters and leaflets to raise the issue of bullying with members, and take the opportunity of discussing bullying with them to see if they think that there are any problems. Safety representatives should report their concerns and those of their members to management. Safety representatives can use their routine inspections, or undertake special inspections to speak to members about bullying at work One of the best ways of assessing the scale of bullying within the workplace is to survey members. This can gather evidence on the scale and extent of bullying in the workplace and can either be done by the union or jointly with management. Any survey must be strictly confidential, but it is important that staff receive information on the overall findings from the survey. The results from any survey can help employers develop a policy on dealing with bullying and can also be of use in trying to change the behaviour of individual managers and staff. There is a sample survey form at the end of this guide, but please adapt it to make sure it is relevant to your workplace - MORE
Events Eradicating Workplace Bullying Conference, 15th NovemberThe UK National Work Stress Network Annual Conference is holding a conference on Eradicating Workplace Bullying, including Cyber-Bullying at the Hillscourt Conference Centre, nr Birmingham on Saturday November 15th and Sunday November 16th 2008. This conference is aimed at Trades Union Shop Stewards, Health & Safety Representatives, Health & Safety and Human Resources Specialists, Stress Management Consultants Click Here for more info and a booking form (opens a 2 page Word doc) Dangerous plan to ditch insurance records Workers who develop 'long-tail' diseases could miss out on compensation as a result of government plans to axe the requirement on firms to hold onto their insurance records for 40 years. The draft regulations also seek to remove the requirement on businesses to display a current employers' liability insurance certificate. The move is the latest in a series of measures by the government designed to reduce administrative burdens on business. Critics argue that many occupational diseases, for example occupational cancers, may only develop decades after a worker was exposed to risks. The current requirement on firms to retain their Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance details for 40 years was designed to ensure the insurer responsible for a payout for one of these 'long-tail' diseases - the insurer covering the firm at the time the negligent exposures occurred - could be identified. But the government has said the current legal requirement, which is unenforced and which does not carry a penalty for a breach anyway, is not working so should be axed. Two early day motions submitted last week by Labour MPs oppose the draft regulations. And a TUC briefing for unions notes: 'When the DWP consulted on the proposals there was opposition from lawyers, insurers, trade unions and victim support groups.' Responding last week in the Commons to criticism of the proposals, Commons leader Harriet Harman said: 'We want to make sure there is as high as possible levels of health and safety at work but with the most effective regulation.' The government's claims that the measure would lead to millions in savings for business have been widely disputed, with TUC's briefing noting: 'In fact the very small administrative 'burden' which is imposed on employers is greatly offset by the benefit to those who may be injured or made ill as a result of employer negligence. Regulations such as this undermine genuine attempts to remove unnecessary burdens, simplify regulation and ensure that regulation is more effective.'
A guide to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide act 2007 The Centre for Corporate Accountability has published a comprehensive Guide to the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 which begins to apply after 6 April 2008. It is intended to help a range of interested groups and individuals – whether they be lawyers, other advisors, bereaved families, trade unions managers, employers, academics or others – to understand the nature of the new offence, the type of organisations to which it applies, the circumstances that will lead to prosecution, the exemptions, the areas in which the Act remains open to legal interpretation, and so on. Click on this link for
more info:
http://www.corporateaccountability.org/manslaughter/reformprops/2007/guidance.htm
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