Health and safety

Use this document to complete the second and final stage of a fire risk assessment after using our document 'Fire risk review checklist'. On this document, you will record the sources of any significant risks of a fire occurring within your workplace and the risks to people within your workplace in the event of a fire. You will evaluate the severity of such risks and you will identify steps that might be taken to remove or reduce these risks. Finally, you will record what action is proposed to be taken and applicable timescales.

Use this document to complete the first stage of a fire risk assessment as is required under fire safety legislation. It will assist you to undertake a thorough inspection of the workplace and review of existing procedures. The purpose of this document is to gather information concerning potential fire risks, the risks to people within the workplace and the effectiveness of existing systems and procedures. After completing this first stage of the process, you should use our document "Fire risk assessment - Recording of significant findings".

This product enables you to prepare and document the compliance of your business with all relevant health and safety legislation. It does this by walking you through all the issues that you need to address - registration, insurance, risk analysis, risk minimisation, training, etc. The document then prepares a statement of development to be kept on file and shown to all interested parties and officials to prove that you have followed the appropriate procedures in developing a health and safety policy for your business. It also produces a list of actions with timelimits so that you address all relevant issues. Finally, it produces a tailored health and safety policy at the end of the document. Hence, this product produces three documents - a record of the development of your health and safety policy, a list of actions with timelimits and the health and safety policy itself.

It is recommended that you review this policy every 18 months, or sooner if there are substantial changes to your staffing or premises.

An employer's health and safety obligations aren't restricted to the workplace. Employers continue to have a duty to minimise any risks to staff even when those staff are working from home. Use this risk assessment to help you identify risks and decide on suitable actions.

Suitable for homeworkers in desk-bound, office-related roles, it covers topics such as workstations, display-screen equipment, mental health and fire safety, among others.

If necessary, the assessment can be carried out by the homeworker themselves.

A risk assessment is a systematic method of looking at work activities, considering what could go wrong and deciding on suitable control measures to prevent loss, damage or injury in the workplace. Before a business takes on a young person under the age of 18 for work experience, the law requires them to undertake a health and safety risk assessment covering specific points. This easy-to-use form is designed for any business wishing to ensure that they meet their legal obligations in this regard and can be tailored to meet the needs of any industry or sector.

All employers in the UK must protect their staff from sexual harassment in the workplace. In England, Wales and Scotland, employers must proactively take reasonable steps to prevent it. Although this proactive element doesn't apply in Northern Ireland, employers can still be held liable in the event of sexual harassment if they failed to take reasonable steps to prevent it.

Employers in the UK can also be held liable if they fail to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment by third parties, e.g. customers.

Use this climate survey to identify any patterns of behaviour that your staff experience while they work for you and gather insights on situations and practices that increase the risk of sexual harassment.

A key part of fulfilling this obligation is to assess the potential risk of staff being exposed to sexual harassment - carrying out a survey will help you to do that more thoroughly. For this reason, use this document before completing our Sexual harassment risk assessment checklist.

All employers in the UK must protect their staff from sexual harassment in the workplace. In England, Wales and Scotland, employers must proactively take reasonable steps to prevent it. Although this proactive element doesn't apply in Northern Ireland, employers can still be held liable in the event of sexual harassment if they failed to take reasonable steps to prevent it.

Employers in the UK can also be held liable if they fail to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment by third parties, e.g. customers.

A key part of fulfilling your obligations is to assess the potential risk of staff being exposed to sexual harassment. This checklist will ask you about various aspects of your business and help you to assess the levels of risk involved.

It'll also help you to outline what actions you're taking, their shortcomings, and any further action that might be needed to minimise or eliminate the risks.

Before completing this document, it's strongly recommended that you ask your staff to complete an anonymous survey about their experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace, and gather the results. You can use our Sexual harassment climate survey to do this.