• Read the latest newsletter covering various issues the Executive Committee and ASLEF have been involved with in recent months - supplied by Nigel Gibson - EC Member for District 5 - MORE
  
   
• How are your feet? Nice and comfy? Got well fitting safety shoes provided by your employer that you can actually wear without feeling like your feet are in a vice? If your feet are killing you the new TUC guide 'Working feet and footwear' will be useful - MORE
  
   
• Do you have a disabled child? Do you look after a disabled adult? If you answered yes to either of those questions then you have just had your rights strengthened by a decision in the European Court of Justice - MORE
  
   

• 'The idea that extending family-friendly rights would somehow hurt women's job prospects is a myth commonly peddled by employers who don't want to employ women of child-bearing age or give male staff time off to spend with their children' - MORE
   

• Women workers win in pay ruling  - ...... "but the three judges who heard the cases said the effect of the ruling extended beyond the public sector and was likely to affect the way in which employers, employees and trade unions approach equal pay, job evaluation and changes to pay and grading" - MORE
   

• Firm pays after unfair alcohol sacking - The tribunal ruled that Northeast Press, a subsidiary of Johnston Press, ignored its own policy on alcohol and drugs 'in circumstances where there were clear procedures to follow - MORE
  
   
• It's Time to Talk Training - The TUC, CBI, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) have launched good practice guidance to promote workplace dialogue on training - MORE

   

• Eradicating Workplace Bullying Conference, 15th November - This conference is aimed at Trades Union Shop Stewards, Health & Safety Representatives, Health & Safety and Human Resources Specialists, Stress Management Consultants - MORE
  
   

• Healthy Workplaces - Good for you. Good for business. - A European campaign on Risk Assessment - Every three-and-a-half minutes, somebody in the EU dies from work-related causes. The overall aim of the Healthy Workplaces campaign is to promote an integrated management approach that takes into account the different steps of risk assessment - MORE
  
   
• ASLEF Circular 297/2008 dated 3rd July 2008 - TUC Day Release Courses for All Union Representatives - September 2008 to July 2009 - ASLEF encourages all Representatives and Health and Safety Representatives to enrol on TUC Stage 1 and Stage 2 Representatives or Health and Safety Representatives courses as soon as they are able to do so - APPLY NOW - MORE
  
   
• Heat Stress - How hot can your cab and your mess room get in the summer? Do you know the medical effects of heat stress? Do you know how to avoid it? - MORE
  
   

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