5. The workplace and the working environment

Changes and developments since last year

• the government plans to make the Prison Service in England and Wales a smoke-free workplace by 2015.

• the government is proposing to change its drug-driving policy in Autumn 2014, which will affect those driving at work;

• in April 2014, the European Parliament voted to introduce a safer new compulsory design for large lorries;

• the HSE has introduced a new ACOP and guidance: L148 Safety in Docks.