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#1 Posted : 14 July 2007 22:27:00(UTC)
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Posted By Sheelagh I have a few questions if anyone has any knowledge of them in this area. I would be very interested to know more legal aspects of it rather than personal comments. 1. Do employers in shops have to provide the ladies with a sanitation bin and should it be just a bin e.g. with no lid or should it be a unit with lid and chemicals which is taken away by a professional disposal company? 2. If someone has asked for one, can the employer refuse? 3. The employer is saying that its adequate for him to provide one bin in the kitchen area for such disposal of sanitary ware and to use a plastic bag which he supplies in the ladies room to put it in the kitchen if and when he buys the bags. Is this correct? 4. Would it constitute a health and safety risk breach by mixing blood products with food and chemical bottle wastage all from one bin placed in the kitchen? 5. There are 3-5 women who visit and work in the outlet who are of menstruating years. Does the employer have a legal responsibility to supply proper sanitation?
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#2 Posted : 15 July 2007 21:46:00(UTC)
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Posted By Dave Wilson S, To be blunt and not get to technical 1. No as its domestic hygiene waste and not clinical waste 2. yes They can 3. This is not acceptable in any kitchen, proper disposal must take place 4. This is illegal as all waste from commercial properties is 'controlled waste' and should not be mixed - if items with Blood are deposited in the general waste then you could expose people to BBV 5 Yes he most certainly does. Put it this way, what do you do at home? would you expect this if say you had 3 daughters, I think the employer has to take regard of a number of things and size of workforce (Ladees) could be one of them. hope that helps
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#3 Posted : 16 July 2007 10:22:00(UTC)
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Posted By Brigham Has MarkSMark returned under a different guise?
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#4 Posted : 16 July 2007 18:51:00(UTC)
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Posted By Sheelagh Dave, Thank you for that reply. Certainly has given me some answers I expected and surprised that blood products don't need one of those proper sanitation bins. Certainly is something I have never come across before as all the other places I have worked all had a proper sanitation bin in every ladies room. This is certainly an area which I took for granted when visiting the ladies!!! Sheelagh
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