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Health and safety

Our health and safety section covers general health and safety within a low-risk environment. Read our guides to ensure you keep within the law and follow best practice.
 
Legal minimum requirements Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Employment protection Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Risk assessments Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Safety representatives Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Health and safety meetings Paid up members, or Pay as you go.

 
Accident reporting and records Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace Paid up members only.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act Paid up members only.
Disabled workers - health and safety considerations Paid up members, or Pay as you go.

 
Display screen equipment (VDUs) Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Drivers Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Fire Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
First aid Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Working at height Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Home workers Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Working in hot temperatures Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Lone workers Paid up members only.
Manual handling Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Mobile phones Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Night workers Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Noise Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Risk assessments for pregnant workers and women of child bearing age Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Smoking Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Stress at work Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Vibration Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Workplace violence Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
 
 
 
Further advice Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
Health and safety documents
What's new?
  • Warmer weather: Take a look at the Keep it Light! campaign which aims to educate us about the effects of dehydration. And now that we are in the middle of our summer, read our pages on working in hot temperatures Paid up members, or Pay as you go..
  • Fit notes: GPs' sick notes have been replaced by "fit notes" which may indicate that an employee can return to work, provided the suggested advice is followed. These focus on what people can do, rather than what they cannot. See: Statements of Fitness for Work Paid up members, or Pay as you go.
  • Drivers: the Health Protection Agency is urging drivers to use screen wash in windscreen washer bottles (rather than plain water) as a means of reducing the risk of Legionnaires' disease. See: drivers Paid up members, or Pay as you go.

 
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