Workplace Health & Safety Guide – Checklist for Selecting a First Aid Training Provider
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Workplace Health & Safety Guide – Health & Safety Risk Assessments
In addition to a written health and safety policy, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (2000 in Northern Ireland) states that every UK employer must make a ‘suitable and sufficient’ risk assessment of the health and safety risks workers and any other persons who may be affected by their business face.
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Workplace Health & Safety Guide – Consult Your Employees
Employers are required to consult with all of their employees regarding health and safety in the workplace. A consultation involves employers giving information to their employees, listening and taking account of feedback from employees before making any health and safety decisions. This consultation allows employees to voice concerns they have about health and safety in
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Workplace Health & Safety Guide
Practising model health and safety in your workplace is not just another chore your business must do to remain compliant with legislation and avoid fines and prosecution—it is a smart and beneficial business decision. Exemplary health and safety equips your business for future growth and improves its chances for survival in a turbulent economy. Establishing
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Workplace Health & Safety Guide – First Aid Provisions
The Regulation The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations requires all employers to provide adequate and appropriate first-aid equipment, facilities and personnel so employees can be given immediate attention if injured or an ambulance can be summoned if necessary. This means that at a minimum, employers should have a suitably stocked first-aid box, a first-aider or
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Workplace Health & Safety Guide – Tips for Implementing Your Risk Assessment
Tips for Implementing Your Risk Assessment Once you have identified your existing and potential hazards in your risk assessment, you are ready to implement the systems or precautions that can prevent or control those hazards. Whenever possible, hazards should be eliminated. Sometimes that can be done through the substitution of a less toxic material or
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Workplace Health & Safety Guide – Elements of a Health & Safety Policy
Elements of a Health and Safety Policy The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 requires UK employers with five or more employees to have a formal, written health and safety policy. However, even without the legal requirement, every business should want to do all they can to prevent injuries from occurring on-site. A
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Employment Law – Types of Employment Status
When an employer hires someone, the new hire typically falls within one of the three main categories of employment. For each category, there are different legal rights and different tax and National Insurance contribution (NIC) requirements. THREE MAIN CATERORIES OF EMPLOYMENT An employee is defined as someone who works for an employer under the terms
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Safeguard Your Home While on Holiday
Did You Know? Many homeowners fail to realise that they are leaving their home at risk of being burglarised when they leave for holiday. In fact, more than 80 per cent of burglaries occur when a house is empty, according to recent research. Avoid becoming the next burglary victim by familiarising yourself with proper preventive
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Security and Disaster Readiness Planning
As a financial institution, countless people and businesses rely on you every day for your services. Maintaining your daily operations is vital to your organisation, which means that unexpected dangers present a huge threat. Such risks may include criminal activity, natural disasters or terrorist acts. To prepare for the unexpected, you should review your security
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