Links

A selection of some of the links most likely to be of use to you.

Absence management

• Advice for safety reps
• CIPD absence management toolkit for line managers
• Managing sickness absence and return to work

 Alcohol & Drugs

• ACAS guide and sample policy 
• HSE alcohol and drugs at work
• Sensitive data rules - Hazards report about a Code on obtaining and handling information about workers' health including tests.
• "Testing times" - Hazards report on Union criticism of testing

Asbestos HSE asbestos home page - comprehensive information

• Fact card 6: Hidden killer
• HSE asbestos campaign and posters
• inadvertent exposure to asbestos
• advice for employees
• advice provided for employers

Back pain

• advice for workers
• returning to work
• "Take the pain out of driving" [pdf]

Corporate manslaughter 

• HSE corporate manslaughter web pages

Cancer 

• HSE cancer web pages
• Hazard's workplace cancer prevention kit

Consultation

• "Consulting employees on health and safety - a brief guide to the law"
• See also, Worker Involvement

Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH)

• brief guide to COSHH law [pdf]
• COSHH essentials

Disability

• HSE risk and reasonable adjustments 
• Prospect disability rights
• Mental health: TUC guide to representing & supporting members [pdf] 

Driving for work 

• work-related road safety
• Highway Code
• vehicles and workplace transport
• Prospect factcard 4: safe driving
• Driving ergonomics
• "Take the pain out of driving" [pdf]

Electrical safety

• electricity FAQs
• work on electrical equipment and installations

Fire safety

• fire safety law
• fire and explosion

Human factors 

• HSE Human Factors web pages
• Hazards Magazine research "bad behaviour"
• organisational change
• organisational culture 

Home working

• Prospect members' guide 20: homeworking
• HSE guidance on homeworking

Lone working

• Prospect guide 1: Lone working
• HSE guidance on lone working

Lyme disease

• Forestry Commission Trade Unions fact sheet

Management duties

• accident reporting under RIDDOR
• competent advice
• consulting staff
• Employers Liability Compulsory Insurance
• H&S policy 
• leadership  
• risk assessment
• training staff 

Occupational health, work and well being

• Absence Management - see above
• ACAS guide to health, work and well being [pdf]
• alcohol & drugs - see above
• first aid
• 'Getting the most of occ health services' - Hazards Magazine article includes a checklist for reps
• 'Managing attendance and employee turnover' ACAS guide
• mental health: representing & supporting members [pdf] 
• New and expectant mothers - HSE guidance
• 'Occupational health – dealing with the issues' A TUC education workbook for union reps[pdf]
• pandemic flu - TUC guidance on swine flu
• sickness absence - see absence management above
• TUC workSMART health 
• zoonotic infections Prospect factcard 5
• working long hours? See Working Time below.
• 'Understanding health surveillance at work' - HSE guide [pdf]

Office safety

• general
• display screen equipment Prospect factcard 3
• floors and traffic routes [pdf INDG 244]
• lighting [pdf INDG 244]
• maximum/minimum temperatures
• room dimensions and space [pdf INDG 244]
• VDUs [HSE guidance as pdf INDG 36]
• workstations and seating [pdf INDG 244]

Organisational change

• Fair Change - 2009 Prospect negotiation guide [pdf]

Organising and recruiting

• organising for health and safety [pdf] - a toolkit for Branches to support H&S reps
• more recent TUC publications [all pdfs]
• what makes health and safety a good organising issue?
• organising for health and safety: safety reps course
• workplace resource
• union officers course

Risk assessment

• HSE risk management web pages
• 5 steps to risk assessment - HSE guide
• TUC risk assessment guide for safety reps
• Common errors in risk assessment process - very useful for checking what your employer is doing
• Risk Assessment Tools Database - provided by European Agency

Safety reps

• ACAS guide to consultation and communications
• Brown Book [pdf]
• DIY tools for safety reps 
• Hazards Magazine - internationally acclaimed resource for H&S reps
• HSE worker involvement web pages
• HSE web pages for H&S reps
• HSE campaigns
• ILO "Barefoot research manual" - an international encyclopaedia on safety rep inspections, investigations, surveys and negotiations
• Prospect safety rep toolkit
• training
• whistleblowing 

Stress - see also occupational health, work and well being

• HSE stress pages
• Prospect members' guide 8: work-related stress
• Prospect members'guide 3: harassment and bullying
• Work-related stress and risk assessment - European Agency PowerPoint presentation - highly recommended
• Psychosocial risk factsheet - job insecurity, new contracts, etc
• TUC guide for reps on HSE's Stress Management Standards
• WHO 2003 Protecting Workers' Health
• WHO 2008 Guidance on the European Framework for Psychosocial Risk Management - a resource for employers and worker reps

TUC and union-wide support 

• Health & Safety Inspections guide [pdf]
• 'Occupational health – dealing with the issues' [pdf]
• TUC risk assessment guide for H&S reps
• TUC health and safety index 
• workSMART health and safety rights 
• Unionreps discussion forum 
• Hazards Magazine - internationally acclaimed resource for safety reps

Violence

• HSE violence toolkit

Welfare

• drinking water
• general advice [pdf INDG 244]
• temperature - working in hot and cold environments
• toilets [pdf INDG 293]
• ventilation
• general
• local exhaust ventilation

Worker involvement

• HSE webpages
• Energy Institute “Guidance on effective workforce involvement in health and safety”

Worker health & safety rights

• Prospect members' guide 5: health and safety rights at work
• "Your rights and responsibilities" - HSE web pages

Working time

• HSE web pages on working time
• Working Hours
• Working Time Regulations
• The Long Hours Advice Clinic - Prof Cary Cooper assessment tool
• Prospect fact card - due for update in 2010