Your HSE responsibilities

Under the law employers are responsible for health and safety management. Here we outline how the law applies to you, the employer. Employees and the self employed have important responsibilities too.

It is an employer’s duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees, and other people who might be affected by their business. You must do whatever is reasonably practicable to achieve this.

This means making sure that you and others are protected from anything that may cause harm, effectively controlling any risks to injury or health that could arise in the workplace.

You also have a duty to assess risks in the workplace. Risk assessments should be carried out that address all risks that might cause harm in your workplace. You must give your employees information about the risks in their workplace, how they are protected and how you shall instruct and train them to deal with the risks.
Your must consult employees on health and safety issues, either directly or through a safety representative that is either elected by the workforce or appointed by a trade union.

Of course many health and safety precautions you take have other benefits as well as managing your employer duties. Implementing a non-smoking policy for example, could help improve your employee’s health and in the long run, reduce the number of days that employees take as sick leave.

Implementing a communications and email policy may help to alleviate wasted time employees are tempted to spend on social networking sites, checking their bank account and writing personal emails. Productive employees = bottom line results.

Health and safety documents go a long way in showing that you have managed your duties. Simply have the paper of course, does not cover your back alone, but prompts all involved being aware of the risks and manage them accordingly. Here is the Net Lawman collection of Health and Safety documents.

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