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Employement Law – Health and Safety Urban Myths

The UK Government has set up a panel of “mythbusters” in the light of increasingly outlandish health and safety decisions by councils and insurance companies. The absurd decisions often force employers worried about employment law consequences to take disproportionate and sometimes ridiculous measures to deal with everyday events.

As part of the initiative the Health and Safety Executive has launched a “Top Ten” of the most startling such myths.

Coming straight into the top ten at No.10 is “Graduates ordered not to throw their mortar boards in the air”.

The countdown is listed in full below, but the top three of the health and safety hit parade, sees “Trapeze artists being ordered to wear hard hats” avoiding a fall at No.3; while sticking strictly at No.2 is “Office workers being banned from putting up Christmas decorations”. And the No.1 is the blockbuster “Children banned from playing conkers unless they are wearing goggles”!

Minister for Employment Chris Grayling said: “All too often jobsworths are the real reason for daft health and safety decisions. We want people who are told they cannot put up bunting or play conkers to know there is no basis in law for such rulings.”

We have several employment law barristers that have had many discussions over this!

If you are worried about employment law ramifications in your organisation the Health and Safety Executive website says: “We want people to work with us to challenge these myths – the time has come to end the madness!” You can find out everything you need to know about this and other health and safety topics on their website.

In the meantime, that Top Ten of Absurd Safety Myths is as follows:

1.     Children being banned from playing conkers unless they are wearing goggles

2.     Office workers being banned from putting up Christmas decorations

3.     Trapeze artists being ordered to wear hard hats

4.     Pin the tail on the donkey games being deemed a health and safety risk

5.     Candy floss on a stick being banned in case people trip and impale themselves

6.     Hanging baskets being banned in case people bump their heads on them

7.     Schoolchildren being ordered to wear clip on ties in case they are choked by traditional neckwear

8.     Park benches must be replaced because they are three inches too low

9.     Flip flops being banned from the workplace

10.  Graduates ordered not to throw their mortar boards in the air

 

Parent’s Rights in Queen’s Speech Employment Law Shake Up

The Queen yesterday outlined changes with employment law consequences for HR departments up and down the country.

The Government’s legislative plans for the year ahead include the new Children and Families Bill.

The Bill will allow new parents to swap their parental leave entitlements following the birth of a child.

This is a real change in employment law provisions because for the first time a mother will now be able to elect to return to work before the end of her full maternal leave entitlement period and transfer the remaining time off to her partner!

HR departments and employment law experts are expecting these new provisions to cause wide-spread confusion with employers when they come into force.

So if you need to know how the change might affect your business or get advice in order to comply or to update your employment law policies visit getbarristers.co.uk for quick and easy direct access to expert employment law barrister who can answer your questions and put your mind at rest today.

Employment Law Red Tape Cut in Queen’s Speech

The Queen yesterday confirmed widely-expected changes in employment law regulations when outlining the Government’s plans for the year ahead.

The forthcoming Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill is aimed at helping businesses to grow by making it easier to hire new staff.

One of  the main proposals is a re-working of the current employment law dispute resolution procedures – to give “a more streamlined tribunal system for all users”.

The new legislation also promises to do away with “outdated and unnecessary” employment law regulations.

The Bill also includes reform on such employment law issues as executive pay, with the aim of making remuneration become more closely reward-based and reflective of business performance.

For any pressing employment law queries visit Get Barristers for quick and easy direct access to expert employment law barristers and employment law barristers in london who can answer your questions and put your mind at rest today.

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