Questions and Answers

What is ethical overseas recruitment, what it meant by “active recruitment” and does this mean we can’t employ staff from countries on the WHO List?

Following recent wet and windy weather, a tree within our property fell onto the public pavement. The question has been asked as to our liability if this had caused an injury and what we should be doing in terms of best practice to prevent such incidents?

Our company is to undertake some maintenance work on the public highway. Apart from the usual health and safety legislation, is there any other legislation that we may have to abide by?

Is it possible to close a T1 document without physically attending a customs office on arrival in the UK?

Last year we applied to the UK Trader Scheme for our goods to be declared “not at risk” when trading with Northern Ireland. Our goods come from China and we mainly sell in Great Britain but also to Northern Ireland. We understand that our customers pay an extra 6% duty on the goods coming into Northern Ireland after we have already paid 6% on goods from China coming into UK. Could you explain how the process works?

How will “social prescribing” help us manage the workload in our GP practice?

A small group of employees believe that they are suffering from Sick Building Syndrome and they want us to take steps to address the issue. First, how can we be sure that it is not just hay fever or a similar allergy and, second, what changes can we make to improve the workplace environment?

If I am transporting some dangerous goods as limited quantities, do I need a transport document?

We provide our first aid at work qualified employees with annual refresher training. The question has arisen as to whether this can be provided by an experienced in-house first aid qualified employee?

We currently purchase “off-the-shelf” first-aid kits that contain the items suggested by the Health and Safety Executive. It has been suggested that as part of our first-aid needs assessment, we should be determining the contents required in our first-aid kits. Is that the case?