England will be joining the rest of the UK by becoming smokefree in the workplace and enclosed public spaces from 6am on 1 July.
No smoking signs will have to be displayed at entrances to premises and also in company vehicles driven by more than one person.
Employees need to be told how the new law will affect them as hefty fines can be incurred for non compliance. Further information is also available from the NFU.
Brilliant that at last passive smoking will be a thing of the past but how on earth is this law going to be enforced if a puff of smokers move from the farmhouse where smoking is permitted to the farm office where it is banned?
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The reality is that the Act and the Regulations are a complete mess and given that passive smoking is virtually harmless (who says so, the Health and Safety Executive in their advisory document to Local Authorities) the whole implementation on the basis of worker health has been a lie.
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Comment left on April 12, 2007 10:55 AM
Posted on April 12, 2007 10:55