LRD guides and handbook September 2014

Health and safety law 2014

Further Information

Further information

[ch 11: pages 202-203]

Legal publications

All regulations made since 1988 can be downloaded from the website at: www.legislation.gov.uk.

The text of some cases referred to is contained in the monthly Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR).

Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) cases can be found at: www.employmentappeals.gov.uk.

High Court and Court of Appeal cases can be found on the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) website at: www.bailii.org.

House of Lords decisions can be found at: www.publications.parliament.uk.

Other publications

Risks is the TUC’s weekly email bulletin on health and safety which provides health and safety news from the TUC and the unions direct. www.tuc.org.uk/workplace-issues/health-and-safety/risks-newsletter

Hazards magazine, independent and union-friendly health and safety information, available online at: www.hazards.org

Organisations providing advice and information

Labour Research Department, 78 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8HF; tel: 020 7928 3649; web: www.lrd.org.uk. LRD provides an enquiry service for affiliates and the monthly publications Safety Rep, Labour Research and Workplace Report. The LRD booklet series also includes many health and safety topics.

Hazards, The Hazards Campaign, c/o Greater Manchester Hazards Centre, Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Manchester, M16 7WD, website www.hazardscampaign.org.uk

Health and Safety Executive, www.hse.gov.uk. HSE publications are available from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2WA; tel: 01787 881165; booklet enquiry line 01787 884148, web: www.hsebooks.co.uk

TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS; tel: 020 7636 4030; web: www.tuc.org.uk

Local health and safety organisations

Workers wanting advice on health and safety should approach their union first. The following is a list of other organisations that may be able to provide further information or help.

Bradford Occupational Health Project, 23 Harrogate Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD2 3DY, tel: 01274 626191, fax: 01274 627006; Workers Health Advice Team (Bradford Area), 47 Godwin Street, Bradford, West Yorks, BB1 2SH, tel: 01274-39 39 49, email: [email protected]

Greater Manchester Hazards Centre and Greater Manchester Area Asbestos Victims Support Group, Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Manchester, M16 7WD, tel: 0161 636 7557/5, fax: 0161 936 7556, email: [email protected], web: www.gmhazards.org.uk, email: [email protected], web: www.asbestos-victims-support.org

Health@Work, Ground Floor, Orleans House, Edmund St, Liverpool L3 9NG, tel: 0151 236 6608, email: [email protected], web: www.healthatworkcentre.org.uk

Keighley Worksafe Project, 136 Malsis Road, Keighley, BD21 1RF; tel: 0845 458 2615/ 07971 721 916; email: [email protected]; web: www.worksafeproject.org

Leeds Occupational Health Advisory Service, 92 North Street, Leeds, LS2 7PN; tel: 01132 3453303; email: [email protected], www.leedsohas.org.uk

London Hazards Centre, Hampstead Town Hall Centre, 213 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP, tel: 020 7794 5999, fax: 020 7794 4702, email: [email protected], www.lhc.org.uk

Rotherham Occupational Health Advice Service, Landing 4, Rotherham Primary Care Trust Doncaster Gate Rotherham S65 1DW, tel: 01709 304981/3

Scottish Hazards Campaign, 113 Kingsknowe Road North, Edinburgh EH14 2DQ; tel: 0131 477 0817; email: [email protected]; web: www.scottishhazards.co.uk

Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service, 3rd floor Queen’s Building, 55 Queen Street, Sheffield, S1 2DX; tel: 0114 275 5760; email: [email protected]; web: www.sohas.co.uk

For a full list of local hazards campaigns and occupational health projects, contact Hazards Campaign, tel: 0161 953 4037 or go on the website at: www.hazardscampaign.org.uk/direct/dirindex.htm