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Dec 9 2010, 08:31 PM
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QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 9 2010, 08:23 PM) Yes exactly, a load of gobbledygook put together by a load of people who have to secure their jobs. Jobsworths all. Really. Plain English to me. Of course, if you happy that people die while at work because management put profit in front of their employees safety, I look forward to you having an accident at work, hopefully serious. That'll show them, eh...
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Dec 9 2010, 08:41 PM
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QUOTE (Darren @ Dec 9 2010, 08:31 PM) Really. Plain English to me.
Of course, if you happy that people die while at work because management put profit in front of their employees safety, I look forward to you having an accident at work, hopefully serious. That'll show them, eh... This is about homeworkers, not scaffolders or roofers. We all should think about our own safety in the home and I agree there are homes that are not safe, when for instance parents leave cooking pot handles in reach of children. But, this is not what it's about. It's about a skilled worker sitting at a computer or stuffing envelopes or operating, in the outer Hebrides, a hand loom. We do need to get this working at home thing in perspective.....or are you H&S employees as you seem to want to perpetuate the whole nonsense.
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Dec 9 2010, 08:57 PM
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QUOTE (Darren @ Dec 9 2010, 08:44 PM) What nonsense???? Read the material! That's myopia for you! ...industrial disease? QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 9 2010, 08:45 PM) That has nothing to do with H&S at home, it is about child labour or oppression IN THE WORKPLACE. I know, it was a joke, but employers (trainer manufacturers for instance) are and should be made responsible for how their products are manufactured. Why should working at home absolve an employer from his responsibilities? BTW - There is more to working from home than just computing.
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Dec 9 2010, 09:05 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Dec 9 2010, 08:57 PM) BTW - There is more to working from home than just computing. Just have a quick re-read of my last post, I was ahead of you. I said.... "skilled worker sitting at a computer or stuffing envelopes or operating, in the outer Hebrides, a hand loom. "
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Dec 9 2010, 09:21 PM
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QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 9 2010, 09:05 PM) Just have a quick re-read of my last post, I was ahead of you.
I said.... "skilled worker sitting at a computer or stuffing envelopes or operating, in the outer Hebrides, a hand loom. " Like I said, if an employer is responsible for your health while you do work at a place of work, why should that change because you are working at home? Those boxes of envelopes are just as heavy at home as at your place of work? Those dangerous chemicals are just as dangerous at home as they are at work. And electrical equipment doesn't become safer when it passes the threshold of the work place.
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Dec 10 2010, 11:39 AM
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QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 9 2010, 08:41 PM) This is about homeworkers, not scaffolders or roofers. We all should think about our own safety in the home and I agree there are homes that are not safe, when for instance parents leave cooking pot handles in reach of children. But, this is not what it's about. It's about a skilled worker sitting at a computer or stuffing envelopes or operating, in the outer Hebrides, a hand loom. We do need to get this working at home thing in perspective.....or are you H&S employees as you seem to want to perpetuate the whole nonsense. I do agree with you that it could be construed as being over the top but it is the law and as such employers have a duty of care to comply. I wonder how many do and I think that because of the financial implications to the tax payer should a council worker have an accident or develop an injury due to an inappropriate work station then it is important that the assessment is made and kept current as the tax payer will be picking up the compensation bill.
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Dec 10 2010, 12:27 PM
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QUOTE (Bloggo @ Dec 10 2010, 11:39 AM) I do agree with you that it could be construed as being over the top but it is the law and as such employers have a duty of care to comply. I wonder how many do and I think that because of the financial implications to the tax payer should a council worker have an accident or develop an injury due to an inappropriate work station then it is important that the assessment is made and kept current as the tax payer will be picking up the compensation bill. Yep, agree. As I stated before I think that a lot of it is down to money.
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