Did somebody say health and safety legislation? Wake me up when it’s over…
The law requires employers to ensure workers are competent in health and safety at work.
Organisations must have a documented health and safety policy if they employ five or more people. If there are less than five people, it is still recommended to have a policy.
The policy needs to be specific to the business and explain how they will protect employees at work.
It should include the provision of information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of everyone involved.
Your employer may have a health and safety representative who is responsible for health and safety issues at work.
Hopefully yours will be sensible!
The Health and Safety Executive (known as HSE) is a government organisation with the role of preventing and reducing work related death, injury or ill health.
They help businesses to understand how the laws keep people safe at work affect them.
‘When the Health and Safety Act came into being in
1974, over 650 people lost their lives at work.
Now, that number has significantly reduced.’
Source: HSE
Health and Safety Executive
You will find lots of different information sheets and guidance using the HSE website via the blue button.
.svg)
