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Don't touch that office chair! Health and Safety demand 48 hours notice to move it | the Daily Mail


you couldnt make it up


Mart

Luminous

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It went bonkers ages ago... Problem is not matter how many daft examples are cited in newspapers it just keeps on getting worse and worse.

I don't see it stopping soon. That article is just sad reading, not unbelievable, just really truly sad of what sort of a country we live in now

"Last week, it emerged that a school banned knotted ties because it said they were a safety risk. Pupils at Bramhall High in Stockport were told to wear clipons instead or be sent home."

Andy Tang

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They can and probably will (or at least blow it out of all proportion), if it's been reported in The Daily Mail!

I guess The Daily Mail are blaming this on the Muslims, Asylum Seekers, Hooded yobs, knife carrying London teenagers, or Labour!

oobster

Exactly.

Shut up moaning mart

Trout

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I think you will find that 'technically' pretty much all corporates have had this policy for many years. It is not politcal correctness it is insurance liability.

Pretty much every corporate I have worked for has had people employed to move stuff and as such they are liable for moving it safely.

This is nothing to do with the H&S, Blair or NL - this type of restriction has been around a lot longer.

In reality most people are pragmatic about the whole thing. If you are moving stuff your claim could be compromised of course.

paulr

I'm a H+S rep and a point comes where risk MUST be taken,its all about deciding that point.