HAZARDS 71 July-September 2000

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4-5 VITAL SIGNS Environment minister Michael Meacher MP tells Hazards the government's new Revitalising health and safety plan will breathe new life in the UK's safety system.

6-7 CATCHING KILLERS A corporate killing law is needed now, says the TUC. Home Office proposals for a "corporate killing law" acknowledge too many employers are taking deadly risks. Hazards looks for Businessmen behaving badly.

8-11 NEWS IN BRIEF Partnership news. Work sickness antidote. Compensation rip-off. Trouser trouble. Copiers copped. Hot weather. Slashing ill-health retirements. Compensation payouts fall - unless you're in a union.

12-13 GLOBAL NEWS Asbestos trade ban upheld. Court blow for multinational dumpers. Unions win on standards. Millions face cancer risk.

14-15 PARTNERS IN PREVENTION TUC says its new safety campaign will make genuine health and safety partnerships a reality, not a paper exercise.

16-17 A GUIDE TO DO IT YOURSELF WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY RESEARCH Do-it-yourself union health studies are a safer choice than leaving it to the docs. Hazards shows how.
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18-19 STRESS: A COP OUT You said you wanted a stress law, but the Health and Safety Commission bottled it. Now unions are stressing HSC must act. Text • PDF (81k)

20 ACTION ON ILL-HEALTH Millions suffer as a result of their work. A new government strategy sets targets to reduce occupational ill-health.

21 WORK'S WORSE FOR WOMEN New studies show workplace stresses, strains and other hazards could be worse for women at work - and better jobs are the answer.

22-26 WHAT THE UNIONS SAY Asbestos legacy. Big skin disease payout. Controlling wood dust. Training young workers. Ergoman returns. Bad back push. Union sets the standard. What price on your life? Beating violence. Unions back revitalising strategy.

28-30 RESOURCES Reviews, events, A-Z of recent HSE publications