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Document Title Document Summary

Factcard: a working guide to zoonotic infections (Members only)
publication date 21 October 2005

Updated October 2005: a factcard for all members who work with animals and/or in the countryside

Factcard: safe driving

Updated 2004 guidelines on safer driving in the workplace

Factcard: VDUs
publication date 24 August 2007

A guide to working with display screen equipment (updated July 2007). Covers: the law; good practice; advice; action points

Negotiator's guide to health and safety (Reps only)
publication date 25 October 2006

Safety representatives' legal rights, and guidance on how to use those rights. How to use the resources available within Prospect, at local, branch and national level; how to assist in this work and how to communicate and involve Prospect members in safety issues. Guidance on handling safety inspections and dealing with accidents or dangerous occurrences. Sample forms to help you carry out your legal functions are included. Updated September 2005.

Prospect members' guide 01: lone working (Members only)
publication date 13 February 2007

Advice for anyone who travels alone, carries out fieldwork or works at outside premises [updated July 2007]

Prospect members' guide 03: harassment and bullying (Members only)
publication date 15 April 2007

What is harassment, and how to deal with it [updated September 2007]

Prospect members' guide 05: health and safety rights at work (Members only)
publication date 15 July 2007

A summary of what your employer should be doing to protect your health and safety [updated September 2007]

Prospect members' guide 08: work-related stress (Members only)
publication date 21 September 2005

The causes of stress, its effect on health, its symptoms, and employers' legal duties - updated October 2005

Prospect members' guide 20: homeworking (Members only)
publication date 25 May 2005

Homeworking is an alternative working arrangement in which workers use their home as their subsidiary or main place of work, either as an office or as a base from which visits are made. If you are thinking about working from home there are a number of issues that you need to consider before you agree to such an arrangement.

Stress in the Workplace (Members only)
publication date 17 June 2005

Overview of the HSE Management Standards on Stress.