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Factsheets

Factsheets provide you with an overview of what you need to know about key issues in workplace management.

Premium members have full access to our regularly updated factsheets. Fast, accurate and up-to-date analysis of over 100 topics, helping you to prep up on a subject when time is tight.

Latest factsheets

28 Nov 2008 1:04PM

Interviewing

Staff are an employer’s most important asset and largest investment, but recruitment is a two-way process and is as much about an individual deciding whether he/she wants to work for the employer as it is about the employer deciding which candidate to appoint.

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27 Nov 2008 6:30PM

Slips, trips and falls

Slips, trips and falls are the most common cause of injuries at work; 90% of them result in broken bones.

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  • Property disputes
  • Radiation
  • Recording and reporting of accidents (RIDDOR)
  • Recruitment and selection
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  • Redundancy
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  • Risk assessments
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  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Smoking
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