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Does anyone know if a company (60+ employees) has to have vending machines in the ladies toilets or is it just classed as good practice in case of emergencies for the ladies?
welfare regs dont mention the "vending machines" but does say about providing suitable and sufficient sanitory conveniences - would a vending machine be classed as a convenience?
any advice appreciated please?
thanks
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Sanitary convenience is a reference to the toilets, urinals etc. Hence the additional requirements about male/female separation. Not the same as sanitary products which is where I assume you're going with your question... unless you've got some very special vending machines! The guidance http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg293.pdf talks about having the means to dispose of sanitary dressings but not necessarily provision of them in the first place. So, yes, I would classify in the 'good practice' and 'vaguely thoughtful thing to do for your employees' categories.
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Convenient - yes
Convenience - no
They are handy to have, particularly if you have a large female workforce, but not required
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'Convenience' is an old-fashioned, euphemistic term for 'toilet'. They didn't have tampons in mind when they wrote the legislation. Definitely nice to have, though!
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Provide them, why have a colleage embarrassed because they have miss timed, saves them having to go home if necessary and the embarssment of explaining why. A small cost for something that assist employees, with something that should be free on the NHS anyway.
Just an opinion.
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