...Edition No. 1 September 2008 Compliance code Workplace amenities and work environment Contents Preface Introduction Purpose Scope Application Health and safety considerations for duty holders What are workplace amenities and facilities? Why do employees need amenities and facilities? How should I use this compliance code? Identifying and maintaining amenities and facilities What amenities do employers need to provide? Maintaining amenities and facilities Amenities Drinking water Toilets Hand washing Dining facilities Personal storage Change rooms Shower facilities Amenities and facilities for special workplaces Outdoor work Mobile, temporary and remote work Employer-provided accommodation 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 12 14 17 17 18 20 20 20 21 WorkSafe Victoria is a trading name of the Victorian WorkCover Authority. The work environment Workspace Temperature Ventilation, air quality and airconditioning Lighting Seating Floors Responding to emergencies Emergency planning First aid Appendix A – The compliance framework Appendix B – Consultation Appendix C – Documents adopted by this compliance code Appendix D – Documents associated with this compliance code Appendix E – Amenities and facilities planning checklist 22 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 This publication is protected by copyright. WorkSafe encourages the free transfer, copying and printing of this publication if such activities support the purpose and intent for which this publication was developed...
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...systematic way in which the National Party, which came into power in 1948, formalized it through the law. Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 of 1949 Prohibited marriages between white people and people of other races. Between 1946 and the enactment of this law, only 75 mixed marriages had been recorded, compared with some 28,000 white marriages. Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950; amended in 1957 (Act 23) Prohibited adultery, attempted adultery or related immoral acts (extra-marital sex) between white and black people. Population Registration Act, Act No 30 of 1950 Led to the creation of a national register in which every person's race was recorded. A Race Classification Board took the final decision on what a person's race was in disputed cases. Group Areas Act, Act No 41 of 1950 Forced physical separation between races by creating different residential areas for different races. Led to forced removals of people living in "wrong" areas, for example Coloureds living in District Six in Cape Town. Suppression of Communism Act, Act No 44 of 1950 Outlawed communism and the Community Party in South Africa. Communism was defined so broadly that it covered any call for radical change. Communists could be banned from participating in a political organisation and restricted to a particular area. Bantu Building Workers Act, Act No 27 of 1951 Allowed black people to be trained as artisans in the building trade, something previously reserved for whites only, but...
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...introduced The Immorality Act in 1950, which was “extended the existing ban on sex between whites and other South Africans, including Indians and coloreds” (Worden, N. ,2012). Also, at the same year, they introduced Population Registration Act, to enforced the classification of the citizen into four racial categories: whites, colored, Indian, and African.. (Christopher, A., 1994). They society was divided strictly to insurance the plurality of the whites privileges; they divided the people to whites, blacks, Indians and colored. Moreover, they assumed that just white with white gives white, and white with other kind of South African race gives colored, so by introducing these laws they prohibited a white person and a non-white person from marriage. Then the government moved to create another law to ensure residential segregation, which was The Group Areas Act in 1950. The government moved blacks from their town by force or by manipulation, they were often justify it by saying they are going to clean the town and involve more urban restricting. Many colored inhabitant was relocated by the governed, and people were forced to leave areas that there ancestor were leave in it for long time. In the 1954, The Native Resettlement Act was introduced to give the state the power to separate townships. “it permitted the removal of blacks from any area within and next to the magisterial district of Johannesburg by the South African government”. (Babylon, 2015). This act was designed to make sure...
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...establishing laws and regulations that separated white settlers and native Africans. These laws and regulations continued after the British occupation in 1795, and soon led to the channeling of Africans into specific areas that would later constitute their so-called homelands. By 1910, the year that all of the formerly separate Boer Republics united with the British colony to become the Union of South Africa, there were nearly 300 reserves for natives throughout the country. By 1948, Dr. D.F. Malan, the prime architect of apartheid, led the National Party in the first campaign that centered on openly racist appeals to white unity. The Party promised that if elected it would make permanent these reserves under the joint fundamental principles of separation and trusteeship. The National Party swept into office, winning 80 seats (mainly from Afrikaner voters), compared to the United Party’s 64 seats. Soon afterwards the new government instituted a number of policies in the name of apartheid which sought to “ensure the survival of the white race” and to keep the different races separate on every level of society and in every facet of life. One of the first acts passed was...
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...Africa Act of 1910 gave whites complete political control over all races. During World War II, Jan Smut led the United Party and began to loosen up on the segregation laws but the Sauer Commission was established in 1947 to focus on the relocation of blacks into urban areas and the negative effects it would have on white businesses and jobs. In the election of 1948, Smuts's United Party lost to the main Afrikaner nationalist party, the Reunited National Party, which joined the Afrikaner Party. Together they became the National Party. Racial segregation in South Africa became legal in 1948 when the National Party began to officially enforce apartheid and the rights of the majority, non-white people were diminished. The National Party then sorted people into racial groups of black, white colored, or Indian so residential areas could be segregated, sometimes by force. Several apartheid laws were passed since the inception of apartheid in 1948 until 1970. The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 prohibited interracial marriages and the Immorality Act of 1950 made interracial sex a crime. The Population Registration Act of 1950 formally established racial groups and furnished everyone with identity cards to specify their racial group. According to the Apartheid Museum (2003), families could be separated if they were grouped into different races. The Group Areas Act of 1950 forced people to live in separate places defined by race. The Bantu Authorities Act of 1951...
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...control of migrant black workers was the order of the day. During his years in office the foundations of the Apartheid regime were firmly laid down. Under his rule the following laws came into being: * Prohibition of mixed marriages Act No. 55 of 1949 * Population registration Act No. 30 of 1950 * Group areas Act No. 41 of 1950 * Immortality amendment Act No. 21 of 1950 * Suppression of communism Act No. 44 of 1950 * Separate representation of voters Act No. 52 of 1951 * Bantu Authorities Act No.68 of 1951 * Native laws amendment Act No. 54 of 1952 * Abolition of passes Act No. 67 of 1952 * Reservation of separate amenities Act No. 49 of 1952 * Bantu education Act No.47 off 1953 These laws removed the last trace of non-white franchise and imposed segregation on almost all aspects of South African life. Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom 1954-1961: J.G. Strijdom was the prime minister of South Africa after D.F. Malan. He was a very uncompromising Afrikaner nationalist and a proponent of segregation the led the way to the establishment of the system of apartheid. Under his rule the following laws came into being: * Natives resettlement Act No 19 of 1954 * Group areas development Act No.69 of 1955...
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...REPORT ON EUROTOWN DISASTER Introduction On the 14 Oct 11 the Municipalities Emergency Preparedness Group was in meeting. At 1000 hrs it was reported that there was a major electrical failure affected the greater part of Eurotown. No initial assumptions were made but the respective service agencies were contacted. At 1200 hrs the situation deteriorated with a serious fires starting in a factory units in Bromley Hill. A Major Incident was declared at 1205 hrs and the ‘Eurotown Emergency Plan’ was activated in accordance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. The following actions were undertaken: * Traffic Management plan implemented. * Emergency media plan implemented (and throughout all stages of the incident). * Multi-agency action plan implemented (mutual aid response). * Communication and co-ordination with ‘Tactical Coordination Group. * Impact of power outages on critical infrastructure. * Vulnerable groups such as schools and care homes were contacted. At 1330 hrs the fire had spread to adjacent properties which housed an LPG storage tank and 10 tonnes of chlorine. The risk of explosion and the release of a toxic plume were considered severe and priority was given to evacuating residential and business properties within 500 metres of the site around the LPG storage facility and evacuation of the personnel calculated to be effected by the plume. It was agreed that evacuation of both these groups should be co-ordinated and given equal priority...
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...The Factories Act Objectives of Factories Act (1948): * The Act has been enacted primarily with the object of protecting workers employed in factories against industrial and occupational hazards. * For that purpose, it seeks to impose upon the owner or the occupier certain obligations to protect the workers and to secure for them employment in conditions conductive to their health and safety. Provisions regarding Health: The efficient working process needs sound health of these persons engaged therein. Unless a worker is physically and mentally healthy he cannot perform his duties effectively, properly and smoothly. 1. Cleanliness (Section 11) : * Accumulation of dirt and refuse shall be removed daily by sweeping * Floor of work room must be cleaned regularly * Wet floor must be effectively drained * All inside walls, partitions, ceiling tops of rooms, walls sides, top passages and staircase should be maintained properly. 2. Disposal of wastes and effluents (Section 12): * There should be effective arrangements for the treatment of wastes and effluents due to the manufacturing process carried on therein so as to render those innocuous and for their disposal. 3. Ventilation and Temperature: * Effective and suitable provision in work rooms * Such temperature as will secure to workers therein reasonable conditions of comfort and prevent injury to health * Walls and roofs shall be of materials and so designed that such temperature...
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...This is subject to it being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the publication specified. Any other use of the contents of this publication would require a copyright licence. Please apply for a Click-Use Licence for core material at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/system/online/pLogin.asp or by writing to the Office of Public Sector Information, Information Policy Team, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. Fax: 01603 723000 or e-mail: HMSOlicensing@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk. This publication is only available online via the Communities and Local Government website: www.communities.gov.uk Alternative formats under Disability Discrimination Act (DDA):if you require this publication in an alternative format please email alternativeformats@communities.gsi.gov.uk Contents Introduction Part 1 Part 2 Appendix A: Suggested Models of Acceptable Conditions for Use in Appropriate Circumstances Appendix B: Conditions which are unacceptable Introduction Joint Circular...
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...Monday 17th October 2010 Facilities Design and Management Course Work 1 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Feasibility Study 4 2.1 Local Area Analysis 4 2.2 Lodging Market Analysis 4 2.3 Proposed Facilities 5 3.0 Site Planning 6 4.0 Planning of Exterior and Interior Design 7 4.1 Exterior Design and Engineeing Amenities 7 4.2 Interior Design and Engineering Amenities 7 4.2.1 Lobby Facilities 7 4.2.2 Guest Rooms and Floors 8 4.2.3 Food and Beverage Outlets 9 4.2.4 Recreational Facilities 11 4.2.5 Meeting & Banqueting Facilities 12 4.2.6 Back-of-House Areas 12 5.0 Justification of Facilities 13 6.0 Budget 14 7.0 Conclusion 15 8.0 References 16 9.0 Appendix 17 9.1 Hotel Design Schematics 18 9.1.1 Level 2 18 9.1.2 Level 3 18 9.1.3 Level 4 19 9.1.4 Level 5 21 9.1.6 Level 1 21 9.1.7 Ground Level 22 9.1.8 -1 Level 23 9.1.9 -2 Level 24 1.0 Introduction As the leading development consultancy firm worldwide, Star Consultancy ensures the development of new hotels and concept ideas that guarantee success. Throughout this report we will discuss our overall proposal and vision for the opening of our Chalet Royal. We seek to provide significant insight to our ideas by considering both internal and external influences together with a complete proposal of facilities. The following report highlights several categories that are fundamental in the development including: Feasibility Study Exterior and Interior Design Safety and Security Environmental...
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...bought and sold. If people want to have locally grown food and a strong local agricultural economy, then they can patronize local farms and buy local goods to achieve those ends. However, rural amenities are not what we consider market goods—they are not bought and sold. Therefore, to ensure that the agricultural lands are being preserved, some type of policy may be needed. Agricultural land conversions and reversals take place due to the absence of a coherent and comprehensive national land use policy and enabling law. Such a policy, if enacted into a law, would naturally be intended to secure prime agricultural land areas, together with the haphazard land conversions that move farming communities...
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...government. After all, if the public good is supplied, it will be available to them just as it would be to anyone else because pure public goods are non-excludable. This is the essence of the “free rider problem”: the incentive which consumers have to avoid contributing to financing public goods in proportion to their valuation of such good. Good examples to use include TV licence dodgers and people who choose to evade the Council Tax but who still receive local authority services. Another example might be a group of residents in a block of flats who all stand to benefit from the refurbishment of an adjacent playground or better lighting and security systems, but who individually might try to avoid payment and benefit once the improved amenities are in place. Given the nature of the free rider problem, public goods are often financed through some form of enforcement, notably the compulsory nature of the TV licence fee, management fees for residents living in blocks of accommodation or...
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...activity area of a victim or objective crisscrosses within the activity area of a criminal. As crime rises a mass number of cities are requiring the implementation of crime prevention structures in the design of firsthand essential projects. Community crime prevention programs or strategies target changes in community infrastructure, culture, or the physical environment in order to reduce criminal acts. In a vast majority of cities the mythology of crime prevention embrace community watch organizations and policing, redevelopment of communities to pursue the involvement of residents, neighborhoods, churches and regional government organizations thus addressing the issues that contribute to criminal activities. One such organization is the National Crime Prevention Council which has made providing a multitude of preventive programs that include: Teens, Crime and the Community, McGruff Club, Celebrate Safe Communities among others to assist in addressing the needs and concerns of local communities. Although these programs are successful, this paper will focus on how criminal acts may be prevented through environmental design. Crime Prevention through Environmental Design is a methodology to problem-solving that asks the question, “What is it about this area that place individuals at jeopardy, or the outcomes increases the opportunity for crime?” This objective could be achieved by the use of environment designed...
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...Steps must be taken to lower the risk level to as low as reasonably practicable using the hierarchy of risk controls. HIGH Act today: The proposed activity can only proceed, provided that: 1. The risk level has been reduced to as low as reasonably practicable using the hierarchy of risk controls. 2. The risk controls must include those identified in legislation, Australian Standards, Codes of Practice etc. 3. The risk assessment has been reviewed and approved by the Supervisor. 4. A Safe Working Procedure or Safe Work Method has been prepared. 5. The supervisor must review and document the effectiveness of the implemented risk controls. MEDIUM Act this week: The proposed task or process can proceed, provided that: 1. The risk level has been reduced to as low as reasonably practicable using the hierarchy of risk controls. 2. The risk assessment has been reviewed and approved by the Supervisor. 3. A Safe Working Procedure or Safe Work Method has been prepared. LOW Act this month: Managed by local documented routine procedures, which must include application of the hierarchy of...
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...considered beneficial at that time due to substantial higher cash flows than the interest charges.Later,Marriott experienced two financial crises,which were due to limited partnerships in 1989,where Mariott experienced a sharp drop in income and the 1990 real estate market crash.This resulted in Marriott’s stock prices to fall more than two-third,which means a drop of $2 billion in market capitalization. This was the first time that investor-owned Marriott hotels went bankrupt. In order to improve and bring back the financial stability and also inprove the financial condition of Marriott, the CFO proposed restructuring the company under a project named Project Chariot.Due to the economic downturn in the early 90s and the Tax Reform Act of 1986,Marriott had limited ability to raise funds.This resulted in large interest payments on property, which basically left Marriott with lots of debt.Under Project Chariot, Marriott would seperate companies. One is called Marriott International,Inc(MII), which would comprise Marriott’s lodging,food,and facilities management business. The other one was to be named Host Marriott Corporation(HMC), which would retain Marriott’s real estate holdings and its concessions on toll roads...
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