...Macarena López-Fernández; Susana Pasamar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine why companies are placing increasing importance on implementing occupational health and safety (OHS) practices, and to analyse their reasons for adopting these practices. Specifically, it is asked whether OHS...

...Phil James; David Walters; Theo Nichols Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of worker representation and consultation on occupational health and safety in the UK in a context in which, following the 1977 Safety Representatives and Safety Committees (SRSC) Regulations...

... the inputs required and the outputs achieved by partners as a function of the level of involvement required within the partnership arrangement. The study has investigated the extent to which the input criteria defined by the DTI and the output criteria defined by Kanter, within three health and safety...

...Luise Vassie This paper reports on a study of companies using homeworkers, carried out to gather information regarding the employment status of homeworkers and the health and safety provision afforded to homeworkers. It considers traditional industrial homeworking and home teleworking. For those...

... have been applied to health and safety management. The case study builds on the benefits of a proactive team‐based approach and addresses workforce behaviours and practices. The study emphasises, in particular, the importance of the integration of the process into the existing health and safety...

...David Walters Presents an evaluation of a trade union project to appoint regional health and safety representatives in farm‐working. Outlines the background and development of the scheme and assesses its outcomes. Reviews the problem of health and safety in agriculture and discusses the scheme...

...David Walters Considers the role of employee representation in improving health and safety performance within small enterprises. Focuses on an approach to employee participation through regional health and safety representatives and provides an analysis of the factors necessary to ensure...

...David Walters Discusses research into provisions for education and training in health and safety offered by trade unions in a number of European countries. Uses material gathered in the survey to consider the role of trade union training in health and safety and its contribution to the operation...

...Peter Fairbrother The question of health and safety at work is a central issue for trade unions. In Britain it is an area of concern where there were important legislative initiatives in the 1970s and 1980s, although surprisingly this has received relatively little attention in the debates about...

... of hotel and catering management trainees and uses the results to point to areas of further research and to matters which merit further discussion by hotel and catering employers. © MCB UP Limited 1993 AIDS Discrimination Health Health and safety Hotel and catering Organizational policy...

..., they should seriously consider implementing such a policy. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Smoking Health and safety Working conditions Organizational policy SMOKING AND THE WORK ENVIRONMENT 29 P ressure is increasing all the time for businesses to have and to implement a policy on smoking at work...

... Smoking Employment law Dismissal United Kingdom Health and safety SMOKING POLICIES: THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 17 P rotection of employees' health versus the interests of smokers: an examination and recommended resolution of the employer's legal dilemma. Smoking Policies: The Legal Implications Richard...

... and safety, since this will be markedly affected by new European Community regulations. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Health and safety Industrial democracy Industrial relations Labour law Netherlands Trade unions THE TRADITION OF WORKER PARTICIPATION IN THE NETHERLANDS by Elies Steyger State...

...Anita Levinson Self‐regulation of health and safety within a legal framework was recommended by the Robens Committee Report (1972). Every organisation will be affected by various factors, both internal and external, which will determine how self‐regulation of health and safety will evolve...