Health & Safety Policy
If you landed on this page it's likely that you are a start-up company wanting to know what a health and safety policy is and whether or not you are required to have one by law, alternatively you may have been trading for a while without a safety policy and have decided it's about time you put one in place or you simply require the services of an external health and safety consultant to revamp your existing safety policy.
In terms of the legal requirement, all companies are required to have a health safety policy, however start-up companies or companies with 1 to 4 employees are not required to have a written policy. Organizations employing 5 employees or more should all have a written health and safety policy which should be made accessible to all company employees, for example here at Envico all new employees are issued with a copy of our safety policy at the begginning of employment and a seperate copy is kept on public file in the corner of our offices so that our employees can access it at any time.
A health and safety policy sets out your general approach, objectives and the arrangements you have put in place for managing health and safety in your business. This is a unique document that says who does what, when and how.
When we say you need a written health & safety policy, it doesn't need to be a complicated one and they they are not necessarily time consuming. The policy document will inform your staff and others about your commitment to health & safety and will describe how you monitor and implement health & safety controls.
We recommend all start-up companies to create a health and safety policy before they start trading. By doing this you have peace of mind and you can always amend the policy as your company progresses.
If you would like to wirite a health and safety policy or outsource the writing of your health & safety policy to ensure you get it right, please click on the enquiry link below to complete our simple online form, after which you will be contacted by one of our representatives who will discuss your requirement in more depth. Alternatively call our offices to discuss on 0844 5766750.
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