In the UK, smoke-free legislation provides that most workplaces must be smoke free.
Employers should review their policies and practices on a regular basis, to ensure that they are complying with the legislation, including for example in relation to their vehicles and employees who work remotely.
Thousands of council staff are being trained to police the smoking ban in bars, restaurants and shops in England. The...
Public health minister Caroline Flint has urged businesses to start preparations now for the introduction of the ban on smoking in...
Bar staff in Scotland are now exposed to 86% less smoke following the introduction of the smoking ban in March 2005,...
A hotel group has become the first hospitality employer in England to ban smoking on its premises.Shire Hotels has vetoed...
When the Health Act 2006 comes into force next summer, it will outlaw smoking in virtually all indoor public places...
Employers in England will be forced to make workplaces smoke-free by 1 July 2007. Rachael Heenan and Jennifer Wotherspoon outline...
Q We are thinking of making our office and surrounding areas a smoke-free zone. Is there any current legislation that...
Free HR Buyers’ Guide
Free with this issue of Personnel Today is the HR Buyers’ Guide 2007, produced in association with the...
Smoking will be officially banned in all workplaces and enclosed public places from 1 July 2007, the government announced today....
The chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) in Northern Ireland has welcomed the government’s announcement that legislation banning smoking in...
Smokers working for West Lancashire Council could soon be banned from taking smoking breaks.
The council is considering a complete...
Smoking is the most common way of coping with work-related stress, a survey has revealed. The poll by online recruitment...
Nearly half of all employers will have to change their smoking policies to comply with the new law coming into...
Bar workers in Scotland have benefited from improved health since the introduction of a smoking ban in all enclosed public...
Employers in England are today being urged not to wait until next summer before banning smoking in their workplaces. From...
