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Legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety and security of those employed in business (P1)
Statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety and welfareThis shows all the legal duties that all employers and employees have to abide by, by law. These all relate to health, safety and welfare within the workplace, as well as including examples to Kirklees College. | Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 | Reduce harm by requiring the assessment the assessments of all potential risk and the creation of action plans and emergencies. It is the job of the employers to assess all the risks for their workers and identify hazards in the workplace and identify those workers who might be harmed and how and evaluate the seriousness of the risks of harm from the identified hazards. Special risk assessment should be completed in cases where a business has employed workers that are under the legal school leaving age. Training is given so that hazardous situations can be avoided and be able to identify any significant hazards. The way a business complies with the regulations is to appoint an employee to perform health and safety tasks such as planning, organisation control, monitoring and reviewing of health and safety arrangements. For example Kirklees college health and safety director makes sure that equipment are safe for students to use by doing regular safety checks and carry out risk assessments. | Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 | Five main aims, To protect people at work, To protect people who are not at work from those who are, To ensure explosive or highly flammable substances are stored and transported safely, To replace existing safety legislation and To remain up to date.The act itself is known as an ‘enabling act’ which means other acts can be added without the main act itself. The acts are in four parts, Part 1 General Duties, Part 2 Employment Medical Advisory Service, Part 3 Building
Statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety and welfareThis shows all the legal duties that all employers and employees have to abide by, by law. These all relate to health, safety and welfare within the workplace, as well as including examples to Kirklees College. | Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 | Reduce harm by requiring the assessment the assessments of all potential risk and the creation of action plans and emergencies. It is the job of the employers to assess all the risks for their workers and identify hazards in the workplace and identify those workers who might be harmed and how and evaluate the seriousness of the risks of harm from the identified hazards. Special risk assessment should be completed in cases where a business has employed workers that are under the legal school leaving age. Training is given so that hazardous situations can be avoided and be able to identify any significant hazards. The way a business complies with the regulations is to appoint an employee to perform health and safety tasks such as planning, organisation control, monitoring and reviewing of health and safety arrangements. For example Kirklees college health and safety director makes sure that equipment are safe for students to use by doing regular safety checks and carry out risk assessments. | Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 | Five main aims, To protect people at work, To protect people who are not at work from those who are, To ensure explosive or highly flammable substances are stored and transported safely, To replace existing safety legislation and To remain up to date.The act itself is known as an ‘enabling act’ which means other acts can be added without the main act itself. The acts are in four parts, Part 1 General Duties, Part 2 Employment Medical Advisory Service, Part 3 Building