Handling Health and Protection in the Office
Managing health and safety in the workplace is of major importance in virtually any business. To achieve this you need to take into account what might cause injury to people, both your staff and customers, and decide whether you are doing enough to prevent that harm. This is recognized as a risk assessment. Once you've identified the risks, you need to determine how to manage them and put the correct measures in place. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (known as the Management Rags) introduced a legal duty on business/employers to recognize and control workplace hazards where the chance of injury is significant. A risk assessment isn't about creating huge amounts of paperwork, but instead about identifying sensible measures to manage the risks in your workplace. What the law states does not expect you to remove all risks, but to guard people by putting in place measures to manage those risks. You're probably already taking steps to guard your empl...