So, why do you need a Health and Safety Policy?

Well, firstly the law says you must have it. The specific legislation is the Safety Health at Work Act from 1974 and the 1999 Management Regulations. However, as safety at work is very important to all employers, you are likely to be asked for a copy of your Safety Policy by your Insurance Company, Clients, Landlords, Employee Representatives and Others.

Well, who needs to have a Health and Safety Policy?

Basically every Employer with more than 5 employees needs one.

What should my Health and Safety Policy contain?

The Health and Safety Policy is really a book of Safety Rules for your company. The most important thing about your Health and Safety Policy is that you are happy that the hazard control measures set out in the Health and Safety Policy reflect the actual work being undertaken.

Usually your Health and Safety Policy will begin with a Declaration on adhering to high standards of safety in the company and complying with the law. It will then go on to set out the specific duties of Directors, Managers and Employees with regard to Safety Controls. There will also be a list of risk assessments with control measures set out for managing the risk. It is also normal for there to be policies on Bullying, Stress, Night and/or Shift Workers, Pregnancy and other issues unique to the workplace concerned. At the back of the Safety Statement it is quite common to find an appendix of important forms such as Accident Reports, Hazard Reports, Workplace Inspections, etc.

How can healthandsafetymanager.eu help me?

We have been writing Health and Safety Policies for clients in all types of industry since 1993. While we have consultants that travel the UK working with clients, we have also produced a Health and Safety Policy product for small and medium enterprises that simply cannot afford consultancy fees. All of our Health and Safety Policy Templates are provided in Microsoft Word 2003-7 and can be fully edited. The instructions on how to make edits and customise the Health and Safety Policy can actually be downloaded   HERE   before any purchase is made. This will give you a sample of the detail and content of the Health and Safety Policy.

In order to receive a Template Health and Safety Policy for your business, simply pick your industry or business from the list on our homepage. You can then order your Health and Safety Policy and make a payment via PayPal. As soon as the payment goes through you will be directed to our download page.

How can I be sure that my customised Template Health and Safety Policy will be accepted by Clients, etc?

As we mentioned above, the most important thing about any Health and Safety Policy is that it reflects the actual activities of the company concerned. As you will see from the list on the home page, we have put a lot of time into creating Health and Safety Policies that reflect particular industries or occupations. All you need do is to spend a further 20-30 minutes customising the Health and Safety Policy as per our instructions. We would highly recommend that this is done in conjunction with at least one employee.

Once you are happy that it matches your activities it will be accepted by those concerned.

We also give a further guarantee that if an Enforcement Officer gives any of our clients an improvement notice relating to the content of the Safety Policy, within 1 year of purchase, we will make the amendments free of charge.

Click HERE to order a Safety Policy