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#1 Posted : 02 July 2009 21:55:00(UTC)
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Posted By pebble Possible exam question. What regulations would an employer breach should an employee be sent to a place not under the control of the employer to perform a task which would not normaly be part of their normal duties.
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#2 Posted : 02 July 2009 23:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ron Hunter Possible answer: none.
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#3 Posted : 02 July 2009 23:22:00(UTC)
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Posted By Pete48 Pebble, perhaps you should think about rephrasing your question? Why? Because I can simply answer it as "none"! The act of sending someone to work on a third party premise to carry out work that is not normally part of their job is not in breach of anything. That is, provided that they have.......assessed, trained, co-ordinated with 3rd party, supervised etc. Failure to do those key things and several others, or not do them adequately, may result in various and diverse breaches. Is that what you were asking? Sorry I am not trying to put you down; just trying to help get the answers you seek or read your "exam" question from a different angle?
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#4 Posted : 02 July 2009 23:23:00(UTC)
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Posted By Pete48 Ron, simultaneous posting not a following one P48
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#5 Posted : 03 July 2009 09:19:00(UTC)
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Posted By pebble Ron thanks for your pointers, that was pretty much the answer I was looking for.
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#6 Posted : 03 July 2009 09:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bob Y Ron and Pete have already said it - no 'automatic' breach
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#7 Posted : 03 July 2009 10:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Swis I think we’re talking about kidnapping,/forceful abduction here. So it’s a matter of criminal and common law here. Not sure about employment law buy definitely no breach of H&S law. A good ‘Friday’ question by the way.
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#8 Posted : 05 July 2009 12:47:00(UTC)
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Posted By Phil Rose Aren't 'employment law' and 'health and safety law' both criminal and in some cases common law? If we are talking kidnap/abduction (no idea if we are or not) then I would have thought that if the risk assessment was not suitable and sufficient, then it would be a breach of H&S law! Only a thought.
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