Door Industry Journal - Summer 2012

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 51 THE door industry journal summer 2012 employment & legal and this will need reviewing for the new business location. Normally only slight modifications will be needed and it is usually preferable to do much of this prior to the move but often it is not possible until staff and equipment are installed in the building. The actions listed below should be reviewed, amended or created, where relevant, to reflect the activities and nature of the new pre mises: • Risk assessments and safe systems of work, e.g. working at height, confined spaces, hazardous equipment, manual handling, COSHH, etc. Ensure old versions of assessments are archived • Display screen equipment workstation assessments • Equipment register to cover any new equipment or plant, such as ladders, electrical equipment, trolleys, etc • A maintenance schedule for any equipment • Procedures for controlling contractors and visitors on site • Procedures for undertaking staff induction at the new premises. Organisations will also need to display an up to date health and safety law poster ‘What you need to know’, a valid Employers Liability Insurance Certificate and monitor health & safety practices regularly. Additional Support from Citation plc Citation clients have the support of its Helpline that can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year to give advice on handling cases around Health & Safety as well as Employment Law. Citation plc is one of the UK’s largest Health & Safety and Employment Law firms, with over 6,500 UK businesses as clients. As a DHF preferred supplier of Health & Safety and Employment Law compliance solutions Citation offer preferential rate s to DHF members. For further details call 0845 844 1111 or visit www.citation.co.uk/affinity/dhf. NEW STRESS MANAGEMENT TOOL HOLDS UP A MIRROR TO POOR MANAGERS The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a free stress management tool http://preventingstress.cipd.co.uk/ , developed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), designed to help equip managers with the skills to manage positively and prevent stress in their staff. CIPD research identified stress as the number one cause of long-term sickness absence and poor management is one of the top causes of work-related stress*. The tool, available on the CIPD/AXA PPP Employee health and wellbeing website http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/axa/ , is designed to hold up a mirror to managers so they understand how their behaviour impacts on the people they manage – and provides on-line learning materials to help them improve their management style. Ben Willmott, CIPD Head of Public Policy, commented: “It is in employers’ interests to ensure managers have the necessary people management skills to manage and prevent stress. Stress is a major cause of sickness absence and lost productivity and is linked to a higher risk of accidents at work. Prolonged exposure to stress is also linked to conditions such as depression, anxiety and an increased risk of heart disease. “Managers can either cause or exacerbate stress or help prevent and manage it. This tool enables managers to understand how their management style impacts on others and can help them change their behaviour over time.” The tool contains: • Online resources for managers to help them manage their staff in ways that prevent and reduce stress within the team. • Learning materials to help HR practitioners to support managers to manage their staff in ways that prevent and reduce stress in their teams. View the stress management tool here: http://preventingstress.cipd.co.uk/ *CIPD/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey 201 1 http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/survey-reports/absence-management-2011.aspx