Understand Health and Safety in social care setting You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You have been asked to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following Task a presentation A list of the key of key legislation relating to Health and Safety in a social care setting * The equality act 2010 * Health and Safety work act 1974 * The reporting of injuries‚ disease and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995 * Health and Safety
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Step 1: Identify the hazards: First you need to work out how people could be harmed. When you work in a place every day it is easy to overlook some hazards‚ so here are some tips to help you identify the ones that matter: * Walk around your workplace and look at what could reasonably be expected to cause harm. * Ask your employees or their representatives what they think. They may have noticed things that are not immediately obvious to you. * Visit the HSE website. HSE publishes practical
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Financial Reporting Problem Part 1 Mark R. Mitchell XACC/290 August 10‚ 2014 Jeanette Butler Financial Reporting Problem Part 1 In the light of this week’s assignment of analyzing an annual report for a publicly traded company I decided to use the company now work for which is the spinoff company from the merger of international papers Xpedx division and Unisource; the new company name is Veritiv. Veritiv’s total assets for this accounting period are $1‚215 million dollars (Morningstar
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Legislative framework in practice In the table below‚ identify how four health and safety laws and two health and safety regulations influence the policies and working practices within your organisation. Health and safety law or regulation How this influences your workplace policies How this influences working practices Control of Subtances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 This regulation covers all substances that could affect a person’s health. These include cleaning materials‚ chemicals
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1.3 Identify sources of current guidance from planning healthy and safe environments and services. 1.4 Explain how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service. Legislation/policy | Summary | Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 | This act sets regulations and guidelines for all aspects of health and safety within the work place. The act is split into four parts‚ part one being the biggest and most in-depth...Part I - Health‚ Safety
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Safety‚ Health‚ and Welfare of the Employees Over the years‚ Government has taken great care to protect employee’s rights to take care of themselves and their families. Two of the greatest pieces of legislation passed to protect employees’ rights to themselves and their families are the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). This paper will summarize the application and implication of FMLA and OSHA. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was written
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NEBOSH NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY Unit IA: International management of health and safety TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2011 3 hours‚ 0930 to 1230 10 minutes reading time is allowed before the start of this examination. You may not write anything during this period. Answer both Section A and Section B SECTION A This section contains six questions. Answer ALL SIX questions. All questions carry equal marks. The maximum marks for each question‚ or part of a
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Financial Reporting Problem‚ Part 1 ACC/290 April 20‚ 2014 Abstract In this paper we will discuss Walmart’s Balance sheet and Income Statement. We will analyze the company’s total assets at the end of the most recent annual reporting year and to why it is important. We then will talk about the company’s total assets‚ how much cash and cash equivalents did the company have‚ as well as‚ the amount of accounts payable at the most recent year‚ and from the previous
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Unit 4222-306 Health & Safety The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act‚ the employer‚ the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. Your employer should display a copy of this Act on their main premises. The main purpose of the legislation is: • To secure the health‚ safety and welfare of people at work • To protect others from
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MALAYSIA INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN SAFETY AND HEALTH Module - Occupational Safety Lecturer: Captain Adam NAME :ANANTHAN MATRIX NO :IEDOSH-12xxxxx CENTRE : BANGI Occupational safety and health management as the foundation to ensure the safe work environment in construction work place Construction is noisy‚ dusty‚ hazardous and sometimes the most uninhabitable work place one can ever be exposed to. It is also an industry that contributes
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