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‘Leaving for a new job? Don’t walk off with personal information’, warns ICO

September 12, 2014

Source: ICO The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is warning employees that walking off with the personal information of their employer when changing jobs is a [...]

CONSULTATION: Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

September 12, 2014

Source: BIS This consultation seeks views on the draft Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, which will amend national pre-packed food quantity labelling [...]

Simpler explosives and acetylene regulations

September 12, 2014

New laws on working safely with explosives and compressed acetylene gas will take effect next month. Two new sets of consolidated regulations – The Explosives [...]

Privacy seals: draft framework criteria (ICO)

September 5, 2014

Source: ICO A privacy seal scheme acts as a ‘stamp of approval’ highlighting an organisation’s commitment to maintaining good privacy standards. The ICO will be [...]

Fee for Intervention is effective and should stay, says report

September 4, 2014

Source: HSE A scheme designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public purse to businesses who break the law has proven effective and [...]

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014 in force from 1 October 2014

September 4, 2014

Source: FSB The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014 will come into force on 1 October 2014 and they are aimed at providing clearer and simpler routes to redress [...]

HSE urges school leaders not to wrap kids in cotton wool

September 3, 2014

Source: HSE HSE has published new web-based guidance designed to support school leaders to strike the right balance and encourage them to avoid being risk averse. Whilst [...]

Late Payment Directive

August 18, 2014

Source: GOV.UK Amended late payment legislation [came] into force on 16 March 2013, implementing European Directive 2011/7/EU on Combating Late Payment in Commercial [...]

Guidance: Compaction equipment

August 15, 2014

Source: HSE This guidance gives advice on the main safety issues at compactors (sometimes referred to as compactor units or packer units) and how the risks can be controlled. [...]

The roadworthiness package

August 11, 2014

Source: Moving On Blog The European Union’s roadworthiness package was agreed and published as 3 separate directives in the Official Journal of the European Union: [...]

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