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Smoking ban in the workforce
A smoking ban in workplaces will be in force across the UK by the summer of 2007. If your business has yet to consider this new legislation and its practical effects, you will need to give some of your practices and procedures an early 'spring clean'.
The smoking ban will mean the closure of dedicated 'smoking rooms' and an end to tolerating 'illegal' smoking on an informal basis. Only smoking outside in the open air will be permitted. However employers can provide limited shelter for staff, where more than half of the wall area is open to the elements, provided that windows or doors that are capable of opening are not to be treated as 'open' areas.
Don't forget, the ban will also apply to shared vehicles!
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