News and Prosecutions
DWP consults on sick workers fund
11 February 2010
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation document on the creation of an Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau (ELIB), which would provide compensation for sick workers who…
HSE updates asbestos guidance
2 February 2010
The HSE has published revised guidance on managing asbestos risks, which is available to download for free on its website.
Challenge to Scottish pleural plaques law rejected
12 January 2010
An insurance industry bid to stop the Scottish Parliament from overturning a 2007 House of Lords decision to end compensation for asbestos-related pleural plaques sufferers has ended in failure.
Developer put workers at risk from asbestos
11 December 2009
The HSE has prosecuted a development company for failing to remove asbestos safely during building work at a Cornish hotel.
Second asbestos strike for Edinburgh council
13 November 2009
City of Edinburgh Council has landed a £14,000 fine for exposing employees to asbestos. Joiners at the council's Murrayburn Road workshop were cutting viewing panels in doors removed from Castlebrae…
Articles
Fibre class
11 August 2009
Phillip Ellar sets out what good asbestos awareness training for dutyholders of non-domestic premises should include.
Site specifics: respiratory protection
6 April 2009
Bridget Leathley picks the best sites on the web for guidance on protection against dust and fumes.
If the mask fits
9 August 2007
Helen Collins takes a deep breath and explains the ins and outs of face fit testing for RPE.
Site specifics: Asbestos
4 February 2007
Bridget Leathley finds the best sources of information online on managing the UK's greatest workplace killer.
Managing asbestos
1 May 2006
Many businesses have fulfilled only part of the duty to manage asbestos at their sites, argues Chris Ward of Bureau Veritas.
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