How you can comply with your health and safety duties
Broadly, as an employer, you can comply with your duties under health and safety law by taking these essential actions:
- Appointing a competent person as a Health and Safety Officer
- Creating a health and safety policy
- Doing health and safety risk assessments
- Recording the significant findings of the risk assessments
- Consulting, informing and training employees on health and safety risks and requirements
- Taking out employer's liability insurance
- Reporting work-related accidents and illnesses
- Displaying a health and safety law poster
- Providing adequate First aid
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