Our health and safety section covers general health and safety
within a low-risk environment. Read our guides to ensure you keep
within the law and follow best practice.
Health and safety - legal minimum requirements
Health and safety - employee responsibilities
Risk assessments
Health and safety representatives
Step by step health and safety meetings
Accident reporting and records
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace
Asbestos
Blood-borne viruses
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
Disabled workers - health and safety considerations
Display screen equipment (VDUs)
Driving on business
Driving - use of mobile phones
Electricity at work
Fire
First aid
Working at height
Home workers
Working in hot temperatures
Legionella
Lone workers
Manual handling
Night workers
Noise at work
Occupational health services (OHS)
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Portable electrical appliances
Pregnant workers and women of child-bearing age
Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations
Slips, trips and falls
Smoking
Stress at work
Vibration
Workplace violence
Further advice
Health and safety documents
What's new?
RIDDOR: as from 6 April 2012, the period an employee has to be
absent before the employer has to report a worlplace accident increased from
three to seven days.
See: accident reporting
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 came into force on 6 April 2012.
These replace the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, and create a new
category of low risk work, known as 'notifiable non-licensed work'.
Employers undertaking certain types of low risk asbestos work will be required
to notify the relevant authority of the work, carry out medical examinations and
keep registers of work with asbestos.
See: asbestos
for helpline advice and support.
