The 2009 Workplace Law Facilities Management Legal Update Conference, which took place last week in central London, attracted over 40 delegates from both the public and private sectors.   Rob Castledine, Associate Director of Health and Safety at Workplace Law Group was chair for the day and oversaw a busy programme, which combined essential information on health and safety law and practice with the latest updates on a range of subjects of relevance to facility and property managers.    Key health and safety topics included an update ... Continue reading

Workplace Law Group has launched a brand new service aimed at busy FMs who need to ensure their organisation has the right compliance products to hand. The Workplace Law Facilities Store – launched in partnership with health and safety and facilities management product specialists, Seton – is a new online service, which complements Workplace Law’s online legal advice with the products needed to adhere to the latest H&S requirements.  Workplace Law already provide over 50,000 members across the UK with legal support and advice on hea... Continue reading

Rob Castledine, Associate Director of Health and Safety at Workplace Law will be giving a major presentation on Wednesday 8 April at the USHA Conference, Cardiff – ‘Safety, Health and well-being Management Systems in Practice’. The subject of Rob’s talk will be ‘Square Pegs and Rounds Holes – Linking Safety Management and Safety Culture’. During his talk Rob will be discussing what the connection is between safety culture and effective H&S management systems and asking, “Is the culture driven by the system or does the system ... Continue reading

More than 120 guests braved the recent bad weather to attend Workplace Law’s FM Legal Update Conference and Dinner in Stansted, marking the 10th anniversary of the event.  And despite the heavy blizzards, hardy facilities managers made the most of the packed conference programme, rating the event the best ever! Highlight of the two-day event was the black tie anniversary dinner, accompanied by the mellow tones of the Fitz Swing Band. BIFM Chief Executive Ian Fielder, guest speaker at the dinner, congratulated Workplace Law on its achieveme... Continue reading

New guidance on the forthcoming statutory disciplinary and grievance procedures is now available from Workplace Law. The 50-page commentary Statutory Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures in the Workplace: Analysis and Commentary on the New Law has been compiled by leading employment-law barrister Daniel Barnett, and comes complete with template disciplinary and grievance procedures. The New Procedures The long-awaited Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004 come into force on 1 October 2004. The main requirements are... Continue reading