Monday, May 11, 2009

CHANGES TO THE H&S LAW POSTER

HEALTH & SAFETY WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 2009 (HSIER) to display the poster in a prominent position in each workplace or provide each worker with a copy of the equivalent leaflet outlining British health and safety laws.

The new poster updates the previous poster, which was published in April 1999. The new leaflet, now in a more convenient format as a pocket card, updates the current leaflet, also published in April 1999.

To help avoid an unnecessary burden on businesses, the HSE Board has set a five-year transition period for replacing the current poster and leaflet.

They must be replaced by the new poster or pocket cards by no later than 5 April 2014.

It is important to note that employers will still be complying with the law if they continue to display the current poster after 6 April 2009. However, where employers do keep the old poster, there will be a continuing duty, over the next five years, to keep the additional written information up to date. The additional information that employers have to provide in writing, either by inserting this in the appropriate boxes on the current poster, or by giving it to workers with the current leaflet is:

The name and address of the enforcing authority; and The address of the office of HSE’s Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS) for the premises concerned. These addresses can be obtained by phoning HSE’s Infoline on 0845 345 0055.

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Monday, May 11, 2009

SMSTS, SSSTS, Site Safety Plus Scheme

Safety First Services Ltd can provide these courses on behalf of a client or as an open training course. It is our aim to assist companies of all sizes to meet the MCG committment to Supervisory qualification within their supply chain. Whether it is the 5 day Site Managers or the 2 day Site supervisors, we can assure any potenatial client the the information will be tailored to meet the requirements of the scheme and reflective of their individual needs.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Health & Safety (Offences) Act 2008 - In force 16th Jan 2009

This Bill would amend Section 33 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, to raise the maximum penalties available to the courts in respect of certain health and safety offences.

Key Areas:

* Raises the maximum fine which may be imposed by the lower courts to £20,000 for most offences.

* Makes a prison sentance an option for most health and safety offences in lower and higher courts.

* Makes certain offences that can currently only go to trial in lower courts, trialable in either the lower or higher courts.

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