Common use of Scope of Factor Clause in Contracts

Scope of Factor. covers all people related behaviour, including any form of verbal abuse and aggression from people other than immediate work colleagues; and environmental working conditions, including the risk of injury from people dirt, smells and noise resulting from both the physical environment and contact or work with people. The emphasis is on the degree of unpleasantness or discomfort encountered, which is affected by the frequency, intensity and duration of exposure to particular conditions. Disagreeable, unpleasant or hazardous situations are those which are other than ‘normal office’ conditions, where temperature, light, dirt, odour, noise or safety conform with H&S standards; or where people’s behaviour (other than immediate colleagues) is physically abusive or aggressive. Very disagreeable, unpleasant or hazardous situations are those where temperature, light, dirt, odour, noise and hazards are significantly worse than ‘normal office conditions’ and where the jobholder does not have control over them but has to work in them, for example, working in excessive heat or cold; in freezing conditions; working with pneumatic drills; working on scaffolding; when subject to excessive threats of assault.

Scope of Factor. covers all people related behaviour, including any form of verbal abuse and aggression from people other than immediate work colleagues; and environmental working conditions, including the risk of injury from people dirt, smells and noise resulting from both the physical environment and contact or work with people. The emphasis is on the degree of unpleasantness or discomfort encountered, which is affected by the frequency, intensity and duration of exposure to particular conditions. Disagreeable, unpleasant or hazardous situations are those which are other than ‘„normal office’ office‟ conditions, where temperature, light, dirt, odour, noise or safety conform with H&S standards; or where people’s people‟s behaviour (other than immediate colleagues) is physically abusive or aggressive. Very disagreeable, unpleasant or hazardous situations are those where temperature, light, dirt, odour, noise and hazards are significantly worse than ‘„normal office conditions’ conditions‟ and where the jobholder does not have control over them but has to work in them, for example, working in excessive heat or cold; in freezing conditions; working with pneumatic drills; working on scaffolding; when subject to excessive threats of assault.