Health and Safety


TUC Advice to Unions on Flu Pandemic 1.5.09

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for quick-reference useful advice from the TUC on the message unions could put across to employers about the possible flu pandemic.

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Work Your Proper Hours



TUC Worksmart Campaign


The TUC's Worksmart initiative gives annual publicity to Work Your Proper Hours Day in February, marking the average point in the year at which working people start earning for themselves after their extra hours of unpaid overtime have been taken into account.Find out more by following this link: Worksmart


The site makes it plain that long hours are unsafe and counterproductive. Professor Cary Cooper has an interactive 'Long Hours Clinic' section with a questionnaire that can be used to look at your own work patterns - Work Your Hours Questionnaire


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Stress: Still A Workplace Killer



Institute Of Employment Rights Seminar - January 2009


Powerpoint presentations from this seminar are available on the IER Website. Presentations on the legal framework and on "Stress in the Workplace - Bad for Workers and Bad for Business" (the latter given by the UK Stress-Work Network are definitely worth a look. Dig around and there are also a number of other useful links.
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New publication from Labour Research Department: A Guide to Drug & Alcohol Policies at Work

lrd.gifThis has just been published (November 2008). The list price is £5.10 but ordering multiple copies attracts a discount. However, if your branch has not already done so, we recommend an annual subscription to LRD (£35.75) which will give you a years supply of 10 different booklets, including Law at Work, Case Law at Work 2008/9 & Health & Safety law 2009.. Contact details for LRD are as follows: Tel: 020 7928 3649. E-mail / Website

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