Employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations to display the approved poster in a prominent position in each workplace or to provide each worker with a copy of the approved leaflet that outlines British health and safety law.
The HSE published a new simplified version of the Health and Safety Law Poster in April 2009 and all businesses must update to the new 2009 version by the latest 5th April 2014.
Go to www.walkersafety.co.uk and click on the safety sign banner to the left of the screen.
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This report is taken from the SHP Website.
One million self-employed people will be completely exempt from health and safety law when the Deregulation Bill comes into force, David Cameron announced this morning.
In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Prime Minister outlined the relaxation or removal of over 3,000 regulations, which includes “needless” health and safety regulation. “We will scrap over-zealous rules which dictate how to use a ladder at work or what no-smoking signs must look like,” he said. “We’ve changed the law so that businesses are no longer automatically liable for an accident that isn’t their fault. “And the new Deregulation Bill will exempt one million self-employed people from health and safety law altogether.”
Richard Jones, head of policy and public affairs at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, said that while IOSH supports the simplification of legislation and guidance, it is against lowering standards that could lead to more accidents and deaths: “We think it would be unhelpful, unnecessary and unwise to exempt certain self-employed from health and safety law, as the Government is proposing – causing more of a hindrance than a help.
“It’s important to remember that health and safety failures in the UK cost a staggering £13.4 billion per year, double this once you take into account the cost of occupational cancers and property damage. Whereas, good health and safety saves lives, supports business and sustains the economy.
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The same law applies to migrant workers as to any person at work and this is also true even if the migrant worker is working illegally in the UK. This means that the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Regulations made under the Act always apply.
The employment relationship for migrant workers can sometimes be complicated. Migrant workers may be at increased risk in the workplace because:
Tips for Managing Migrant Workers
If you employ migrant workers, take action now. They may be at increased risk. Don’t take that risk!!!
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Poor health and safety leads to illness and accidents that could prove an huge drain on the company finances. Simple but effective health and safety practices pay for themselves. They also improve the company’s reputation among customers, regulators and employees. Given the considerable increase in penalties under health and safety legislation, the cost of non-compliance is likely to exceed by a long way the cost of compliance.
Having bad health and safety provisions can harm a business. It can reduce productivity, damage products, equipment or premises, there could be considerable fines and legal costs if prosecuted, plus insurance premiums could rise.
Most competitive tendering now requires businesses to disclose any health and safety investigations and convictions.
Many customers won’t deal with businesses that have a bad health and safety record and good employees might not want to work for a company like that.
Having safe and healthy working conditions will make it easier for a business to attract and retain customers, employees and business partners.
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This is a straightforward process for assessing risks in the workplace.
How to assess the risks in your workplace, follow these five steps:
Don’t overcomplicate the process. In many organisations, the risks are well known and the necessary control measures are easy to apply.
Ensure that you involve your staff or their representatives in the process. They will have useful information about how the work is done that will make your assessment of the risk more thorough and effective. But remember, you are responsible for seeing that the assessment is carried out properly. When thinking about your risk assessment, remember:
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