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Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, workplaces must be smoke free if they are 'enclosed' or 'substantially enclosed'. What does this mean?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, are employers obliged to offer their employees assistance in giving up smoking?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, can an employer permit customers or clients, rather than employees, to smoke on its premises?

Click to show the answer Does the smoke-free legislation mean that employers can no longer permit their employees to smoke on the pavement outside the workplace?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, can an employer continue to provide a smoking room for employees, so long as no smoke enters the surrounding rooms and corridors?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, must employers ensure that homeworkers do not smoke at home?

Click to show the answer Where employees are required to live on their employer's premises, are they permitted to smoke in the accommodation provided?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, are employers obliged to specify outside smoking areas on their premises?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, can employers provide smoking shelters for their employees?

Click to show the answer What obligations does an employer have where, as part of their duties, staff members visit clients who smoke in their homes?

Click to show the answer Are there any exemptions from the smoke-free legislation?

Click to show the answer Where an employer provides company cars to its employees, is it obliged to make the cars no-smoking areas under the smoke-free legislation?

Click to show the answer Where employees receive a car allowance instead of a company car, under the smoke-free legislation must the employer ensure that they do not smoke in any car purchased with the allowance?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, what requirements are there for no-smoking signs in buildings?

Click to show the answer Under the smoke-free legislation, what requirements are there for no-smoking signs in vehicles?

Click to show the answer Where an employer has had no smoking premises for some time, is it obliged to comply with the smoke-free legislation signage requirements?

Click to show the answer Which body or bodies are responsible for the enforcement of the smoke-free legislation?

Click to show the answer What are the penalties for non-compliance with the smoke-free legislation?

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