It's also down to the worker to deal with their own health and safety and that of these around them. An essential part of safety and health in the workplace is the fact that workers and employers should cooperate ensuring legislation is maintained.
If you are a employee (full- or part-time, temporary or permanent), this information explains what your rights are, what you should expect out of your employer, what responsibilities you have and where to choose help. Additionally, it applies to you if you're a young person doing work experience, an apprentice, charity worker, mobile worker or homeworker.
If you are a temporary, casual or agency worker, the employment business/agency, gangmaster, contractor or hirer you're working for has a legal duty to ensure you get the rights set out here.
You have the right:
To work in places where all of the risks for your health and safety are properly controlled.
To stop working and leave the region if you feel you are in danger.
To see your employer about safety and health issues or concerns.
To make contact with HSE or perhaps your local authority if you still have safety and health concerns and never enter into trouble.
To become listed on a trade union and be a security representative.
To paid time off work for training if you are a safety representative.
To a rest break of at least Twenty minutes should you work more than 6 hours at a time and to a yearly period of paid leave.
You have to:
Look after your personal health and safety which of people that may be impacted by what you do (or do not do).
Co-operate with others on health and safety, and not hinder, or misuse, anything provided for your wellbeing, safety or welfare.
Your employer must tell you:
About risks to your safety and health from current or proposed working practices.
About things or changes that could harm or affect your health and safety.
How to do your job safely.
What is done to protect your health and safety.
Ways to get first-aid treatment.
How to proceed in an emergency.
Your employer must provide, free of charge:
Training to do your job safely.
Protection for you personally at the office when necessary (for example clothing, shoes and boots, eye and hearing protection, gloves, masks etc).
Health checks when there is some risk of sickness because of your work.
Regular health checks should you work nights along with a check before you begin.
(Note: If you are genuinely self-employed you are accountable for providing your personal first-aid arrangements,
training, protective gear and health checks, as well as for organising your own working time.)
Your employer must supply you with the following information:
Health and safety law: What you need to know. This should give the contact information of people that might help.