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The Benefits of Conducting Appraisals and How to Get the Most Out of Them

The Benefits of Conducting Appraisals and How to Get the Most Out of Them

Are you holding appraisals for your employees and if not, should you be? This article will explore the benefits of carrying out appraisals for all staff and how to get the most out of them. What is an Appraisal? An appraisal is a process that should ideally be offered to all staff; a regular unbiased […]

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Health and Safety Regulations to Consider Working in Cellars & Beer Line Cleaning

Health and Safety Regulations to Consider Working in Cellars & Beer Line Cleaning

Background Information Many businesses throughout the UK use cellars for storing stock , i.e., food or drink and also equipment and machinery to support this . Cellars are normally rooms below the ground level and can be completely underground. A cellar typically maintains a consistent temperature and level of humidity, providing an ideal temperature for […]

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Health and Safety Hazardous Waste Guide

Health and Safety Hazardous Waste Guide

You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly. You must make sure hazardous waste produced or handled by your business in England causes no harm or damage. You have responsibilities known as your ‘duty of […]

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Health & Safety in Boiler, Plant Room(s)

Health & Safety in Boiler, Plant Room(s)

As a society, we generally expect our educational establishments such as schools, colleges and universities etc., to be safe and comfortable places for those who use and visit them. Often, educational establishments are made up of several buildings within a sometimes-large campus. At the heart of these establishments, lies one or more boiler, plant room(s), […]

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Fire and Rehire – Draft Code April 2023 Your Essential HR Guide

Fire and Rehire – Draft Code April 2023 Your Essential HR Guide

There has been a further development in the fire and rehire story with the publication by ACAS of a draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement. Consultation on this document is open until April 18th 2023. What is fire and rehire? Fire and rehire is the everyday expression used when employees are dismissed and […]

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Health and Safety using Bench/Pedestal Grinders

Health and Safety using Bench/Pedestal Grinders

Introduction Ejected materials, contact with dangerous moving parts, entanglement, entrapment, impact with ejected materials, burst wheels, hot surfaces and materials, operator distraction, inadequately fixed equipment, noise, hand/arm vibration, electricity, fire/explosion, kick-back and hazardous substances e.g., harmful dusts. These are some of the hazards you would expect to see in a suitable and sufficient risk assessment […]

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Working Underneath Vehicles

Working Underneath Vehicles

Why am I writing this article? As an ex-soldier of 24 years’ service mainly within a high hazard mechanical engineering environment and a proud war veteran now serving as a health and safety consultant with Wirehouse Employer Services I feel that in my experience we are still seeing the “this will only take me a […]

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Statutory Minimum Notice Period & Dismissing an Employee

Statutory Minimum Notice Period & Dismissing an Employee

Updated 08/02/2023 Resignations, ill health capability, misconduct, redundancy, any of these reasons can lead to the employee or employer giving notice to the other. It is important to ensure notice expectations for both parties are clearly set out in the main statement of terms and conditions at the start of employment, so when the time […]

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