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In addition to printed compilations, more and more of the information is available on CD-ROM and latterly also on-line on the internet. This last is a feature of the service provided by MSI, Materials Science International Services in Stuttgart. This organisation, under the working name of MSIT Workplace (http //www.msiwp.com), provides information on the entire corpus of phase diagram compilations. 

The health and safety policy statement is your starting point to managing health and safety in the workplace. By law, (Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 section 2(3)) if you employ five or more people you must have a written health and safety policy. This contains your statement of general policy on health and safety at work and the organisation and arrangements for putting that policy into practice. 

You may delegate functions to people within your organisation, either by specific areas within the workplace or by topic. 

What measures does the company take to organise and ensure observance of emission limits at individual workplaces ... 

How does the organisation translate environmental requirements into instructions for the individual workplace ... 

International Labour Organisation. Advisory committee on salaried employees and professional workers. Problems of women non-manual workers work organization, vocational training, equality of treatment at the workplace, job opportunities. Report III. International Labour Office,... 

Most companies have set in place procedures to meet the requirements of the international quality standard e.g. ISO 9001 or national equivalents, as discussed in Section B, 3.2.23. The requirement of these standards are that procedures are in place for all activities carried out in the workplace, that these procedures are recorded and that the activities are carried out, by staff, as described in the procedures. The operation of these procedures is subject to an external audit, to confirm that there is compliance in the day-to-day activities of a work group. It should be noted that having procedures written down does not necessarily mean that an organisation has the best procedures in place. They will need to be constantly monitored and modified in the light of experience. 

The Swedish Work Environment Authority (SWEA) and the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate (SCI) are, thus, two enforcement authorities that work with environmental issues, though in different respects. The Swedish Work Environment Authority focuses on factors that have an impact on the mental, social and physical health and well-being of employees, while the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate focuses on factors that influence toxic levels in nature and thereby both directly and indirectly the health and well-being of human beings as well. While SWEA s activity is dominated by inspections of workplaces in public and private organisations, inspections play only a minor role in the activities of SCI. See Table 18.1 for further differences between the authorities. 

Sheltered employment is permanent employment for persons who are receiving disability pension. A wage subsidy is given when persons are employed at ordinary workplaces according to this scheme. Sheltered employment may also be organised by the public sector, i.e. it takes place at special institutions where persons with mental disorders or handicaps are employed. 

CEN (1995) Pre-Standard on Workplace Atmospheres-diffusive samplers for the determination of gases or vapours-requirements and test methods. prEN 838,1995. European Standards Organisation (CEN). 

The value of the OEL both in substitution and in control at source appeam to be linked to awareness of chemical risks. At the sectoral level therefore, where OELs exist they are a factor influencing the development and acceptoce of strategies to deal with chemical risks. In the case of employers and suppliers, subsequent outcomes at the level of the workplace are dependant on the extent to which their organisations at sectoral... 

Unterberg, M. P. (2003). Personalities, personal style and trouble getting along. In J. P. Kahn and A. M. Langleib (eds) Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace A Handbook for Organisation and Clinicians. San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass. 

Bird, S. (2003) Sex composition, masculinity stereotype dissimilarity and the quality of men s workplace social relations. Gender, Work and Organisation, 10(5), 579-604. 

It can be suggested that a consequence of this focus on Brand Zero has produced a depersonalisation of health and safety management. Within a project or organisational context, one individual alone is not able to prevent all accidents it requires shared practice if only because of the logistical and physical demands of the site. Yet under Brand Zero, this shared focus can be easily affected by others, and so responsibility for success resides within the shared workplace, which in turn can lead to individual disassociation with health and safety management at a personal level. Just one incident can therefore ruin the figures and potentially disenchant those who should still be focused on safety management in practice. 

Making the decision to implement a quality management system (QMS) is only the first step of the process of having a documented quality system in place in the workplace. The next step in the process will be to decide which accreditation body best suits the needs of the organisation. The quality management system comprises ... 

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