The HR Dept's Health and Safety service

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Health and Safety is everyone’s responsibility but when running a business it is vital to understand what you as an employer must do in order to remain on the right side of the law.

If you or your company fails to comply with Health & Safety law a criminal court can impose penalties, including fines and imprisonment. In some cases, it is also possible for claims to be made through civil courts for financial compensation for harm, injury or damage.

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“Dealing with health and safety issues for business owners can be a nightmare because of the complexity of various pieces of health and safety legislation and the horror news stories and myths about health and safety that are created. We pride ourselves on making sure your health and safety needs are covered, because every business need is different but you still need to have a competent person advising you and delivering value for money”.

Good health and safety is of course no accident.

Employers must:

- provide a written health and safety policy statement when employing five or more people
- provide and maintain equipment and work systems which are safe and healthy
- deal with substances safely
- provide information, instruction, training and supervision
- maintain safe and healthy workplaces and the necessary facilities
- appoint a competent person or persons to assist with health and safety
- making arrangements for the planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of health and safety measures
- carry out risk assessments
- establish emergency procedures

These requirements are a daunting prospect for any business in terms of time, effort and legal compliance. We offer a friendly, straightforward information provision to guide you through the complexities of your legal responsibilities, ensuring you achieve excellent health and safety standards. We become your competent person.

Benefits of good health and safety standards:

- healthy, happy and motivated teams
- increased performance and profitability
- can help you to obtain liability insurance on preferential terms or rates
- reduction in sick leave
- lower staff turnover
- peace of mind
- demonstrates to your clients, HSE, staff and insurer that you are effectively managing your risks
- a good reputation 
- directors not in prison

Tailored, on-going support

Not all businesses fit neatly into a box. An office based IT company will have different needs to a landscape gardener! Rather than producing generic ‘off the shelf’ solutions, we design our support to suit the needs of your business. From the control of individual hazards to a complete restructuring of the way you manage health and safety, we are able to guide you through the maze of legislation to help your business thrive. With a pragmatic, practical approach we offer a level of service and expertise that a large corporate would expect, without the cost of keeping us in-house.

We understand your needs as a company will evolve, as will health & safety legislation so we are happy to offer on going support with a comprehensive range of services. Whether you are starting a new business and need a safety policy and risk assessments or you are well established and in need of a review, we can support you with individual issues or projects, no matter what size.

• health & safety written policy
• training
• organisation specific training
• accident reporting
• general information and guidance
• Audit and workplace assessments
• Accident investigation
• Risk assessments
- fire
- COSHH
- electrical
- display screen equipment (DSE)
- manual handling
• Event safety
• Setting up safety committees 
• Acting as your competent person

Advice line

For a small monthly fee you can have unlimited telephone and email advice from our qualified health & safety experts. Providing practical support and backed by legal expenses insurance, we guide you through any health & safety issues, supplying you with sensible safety solutions from fire safety to first aid. We usually answer all questions straight away, but if further research is needed we will get back to you within four hours.

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