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Intellectual property rights and your employees
How to ensure you hold the rights to any IP created by staff by stating the position in employment contracts
Intellectual property and freelance contractors
How to manage intellectual property rights if you commission work from freelancers or through work-for-hire agreements
Prevent intellectual property infringement
How to safeguard intellectual property rights by ensuring hard-copy information is kept securely and by protecting computer data
Protecting your business name and domain name
Your business name can be your most important intellectual property asset - learn how to protect it and how to register web addresses
Train employees to use computers safely
Train employees in safe computer use including correct posture, technique and breaks and also ensure homeworkers work safely and are insured and are trained
Support for developing your ideas
Where to get help to develop new product ideas if you're looking to manufacture, market, sell or license your inventions
Science parks
Support and benefits of science parks, including technology transfer and business incubation
Corporate manslaughter prosecutions and penalties
Who is responsible for investigating corporate manslaughter offences and the penalties that may follow prosecution such as unlimited fine or remedial order
What is corporate manslaughter?
What corporate manslaughter is and when your business can be prosecuted for this offence, involving a gross breach of duty of care by senior management
How to consult with your workers on health and safety
Practical ideas and hints on how to consult with your workers on health and safety and how different approaches will work in different work environments
Consulting your staff on health and safety: the law
Rules on consulting with your employees on health and safety, the regulations involved, how these may apply to you and where you can find further guidance
Corporate manslaughter
Guidance on the corporate manslaughter offence, how it is defined, prosecutions, penalties and how businesses can avoid being prosecuted through good practice
Workstation health and safety: desks, chairs and posture
What standards your furniture must meet for a safe computer workstation and what your employees need to be aware of to work safely including posture
Computer health and safety: task design and rest breaks
You have a duty to ensure that employees working on computers have a mix of activities and regular rest breaks to prevent health problems and injuries
Computer workstation risk assessment
Assess health risks associated with computer workstations - physical layout, posture, special needs, rest breaks to ensure a healthy working environment
Ensure healthy computer use at work: six top tips
Follow these simple tips in your business to prevent health issues like upper limb injuries and eye strain for workers who use a computer for long periods
Free eye tests for employees who use computers
You have a responsibility to provide eyesight tests for employees who use display screen equipment and you may have to pay for glasses needed for work
Working conditions for computer users
Monitor office conditions such as humidity, temperature, lighting and noise levels to ensure a healthy working environment for employees who use computers
Consult your employees on health and safety
Your responsibilities for involving and consulting employees in your health and safety policy, the benefits of doing so, the law, and how to consult with them
Intellectual property crime and your business
IP crime is widespread and growing, and has serious economic, quality and safety impacts