Our ref: HSR/4/8
Head Office Circular: NP/272/22
21st December 2022
To: The Secretary
ALL BRANCHES
REGIONAL COUNCILS
Dear Colleague,
HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW 2022 - AN LRD GUIDE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW – MAKING WORKPLACES SAFER - UPDATE
Further to Head Office Circular NP/181/22, dated 7th September 2022, the online offer for the above publication can now be viewed at:
https://lrd.org.uk/rmt-offers-2022/
The LRD is happy to offer all RMT branches 10% discount on any two orders or more of Health and Safety Law.
The offer will end on 31st March 2023.
Ther are links to Law at Work and LRD affiliation too.
This year’s Labour Research Department (LRD) Health and Safety Law 2022 is a new-look edition. It will feature a new structure and expanded index - making this best-selling health and safety legal guide even better and easier to use.
It is vital that safety reps have a good knowledge of health and safety law, including about their rights and employers’ obligations, to back them up as they take action to keep their members safe, whether they are returning to their workplace or working from home.
Covering all the latest developments in UK health and safety law, including changes to statutory regulations and new case law, as well as guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other official bodies, the TUC and individual unions. This includes the latest developments in, and union concerns about, health and safety law post-Brexit.
The handbook aims to provide safety reps and other trade union reps with a comprehensive guide to health and safety law and guidance as they work through the pandemic and beyond. It sets out the law using clear and practical language, explains the changes that have taken place since the last edition, and details any forthcoming changes in the year ahead.
I remind members that the Union affiliates nationally to the LRD – an organisation dedicated to publishing vital information and research of use to trade unionists and employee reps.
In addition to affiliating, we also separately pay for access to a number of LRD products – including their online services.
As part of this, all RMT members are entitled to read and download every LRD booklet and magazine. The content, which is fully searchable and includes both current and back issues, can be accessed at www.lrdpublications.org.uk/ where you can use the login details below.
The logon details are:
username: rmt
password: pot427
I also encourage all branches to affiliate to LRD as affiliation gives the best value access to LRD's services. The cost of affiliation can be met by your Branch Management Fund and includes the following:
- Subscription to Labour Research magazine
- Subscription to LRD booklets
- Discounts on subscriptions to other LRD publications
- Discounts on one off purchases of LRD publications
- New affiliates also receive a free copy of the four latest LRD booklets
Details on how your branch can affiliate to LRD can be found here:
https://www.lrdpublications.org.uk/affiliations.php
Please bring the contents of this circular and the attached document to the attention of relevant members.
Yours sincerely
Michael Lynch
General Secretary