You’ve been told that you must employ an electrician to carry out a thorough safety test on your electrical installation. Do you actually have a legal obligation to do this, or can you assume that
everything is safe?
Published 22.10.2009
As homeworking gains in popularity, the potential health and safety pitfalls for you increase. So why not use our homeworking policy to help you establish ground rules that protect your position?
Published 31.01.2005
If you prepare, sell or serve food or drinks on your premises, you need to ensure that basic food hygiene standards are met and maintained. To set out your position on food safety, why not use our
new policy?
Published 12.10.2010
Summer is a time when staff complaints about their working environment seem to reach a peak. To help manage these concerns, you should make your policy on the working environment clear. Our new
template will help.
Published 15.05.2012
If you ask the average manager how they ensure the safety of electrical equipment, they will tell you how their portable appliance testing is carried out. But fixed equipment is often forgotten. What
are the requirements?
Published 02.10.2015
If your staff carry out significant manual handling tasks, be it lifting and carrying, pushing or pulling then it’s good practice to have a specific policy on the subject. What does ours cover and
what’s the benefit of using it?
Published 07.06.2012
On 1 June 2020 new regulations will come into force requiring safety certification for electrical wiring systems in rented homes. What measures will landlords need to take from that date?
Published 18.05.2020
A leading engineering safety organisation has published a guide to the inspection of electric vehicle charging stations. The document is useful if you have this equipment on your site. What does it
say?
Published 23.06.2021
It’s easy to be fooled into thinking that grounds maintenance work isn’t particularly dangerous. Our example policy sets out the arrangements which you should put in place to manage the risks.
Published 03.07.2013
If you have problems in getting to grips with some of the requirements of the regulations on display screen equipment, you’re by no means alone. So why not use our policy to help you interpret them
to your best advantage?
Published 28.03.2005