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New Part L Amongst New Regulations Introduced on Friday 1st October

29 September 2010 - The introduction of ‘common implementation dates’ by the previous Labour Government was a little-noticed, but sensible administrative reform. Rather than introducing regulatory ... Read more »

New Equality Laws for Employers from October 2010

29 September 2010 - The Equality Act 2010 will replace previous legislation such as the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Act covers the same groups that were protected by ... Read more »

ConstructionSkills Defends Levy After Campaigns For Removal

29 September 2010 - The chairman of CITB-ConstructionSkills, James Wates, has written to consensus trade federations, of which the BWF is one, in response to two campaigns calling for the scrapping of the levy/grant ... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – More FAQs on Basic U-values for Part L Compliance

28 September 2010 - BWF members such as yourselves frequently use our Member and Technical Helplines for assistance on a wide range of Employment, Health and Safety, Pay and Technical issues. We’re putting up ... Read more »

BS 644 to be Amended to Cover Both Windows and External Doorsets

27 September 2010 - We have been working on the contents of a Standard that will cover the manufacture of external timber doorsets in the same way that BS 644 covers the manufacture of timber windows. This Standard ... Read more »

National Minimum Wage Increases, Apprentice Minimum Wage Introduced from 1st October

27 September 2010 - The National Minimum Wage will increase from Friday 1st October 2010 by approximately 2%. Please note that the government has extended the adult minimum wage rate to include 21-year-olds ... Read more »

Chief Executive’s Blog: CITB-ConstructionSkills To Be Privatised Rumour

24 September 2010 - The industry training body is on the list of quangos to be culled leaked to the Daily Telepgraph.

Buying Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) – Your views please

23 September 2010 - Research undertaken by HSE and feedback from stakeholders has suggested that businesses, particularly small businesses, can find it difficult to buy extraction or LEV that protect workers from ... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – How much time off am I required to give an employee to deal with a family emergency?

21 September 2010 - BWF members such as yourselves frequently use our Member and Technical Helplines for assistance on a wide range of Employment, Health and Safety, Contractual and Technical issues. ... Read more »

Press Release: WITForum Shows Strength In Numbers As Board Grows

20 September 2010 - Download the PDF Release Here The Woodworking Industry Training Forum (WITForum) has welcomed eight new members to the Board, making it stronger and more representative than ever before. ... Read more »