Our health and safety section covers general health and safety within a low-risk
environment. Read our guides to ensure you keep within the law and follow best
practice.
Legal minimum requirements
Employment protection
Risk assessments
Safety representatives
Health and safety meetings
Accident reporting and records
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
Disabled workers - health and safety considerations
Display screen equipment (VDUs)
Drivers
Fire
First aid
Working at height
Home workers
Working in hot temperatures
Lone workers
Manual handling
Mobile phones
Night workers
Noise
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Risk assessments for pregnant workers and women of child bearing age
Warmer weather: Take a look at the
Keep it Light!
campaign which aims to educate us about the effects of dehydration. And now
that we are in the middle of our summer, read our pages on working in
hot temperatures.
Fit notes: GPs' sick notes have been replaced by
"fit notes" which may indicate that an employee can return to work, provided the
suggested advice is followed. These focus on what people can do, rather than
what they cannot. See: Statements of Fitness for Work
Drivers: the Health Protection Agency is urging drivers to use screen
wash in windscreen washer bottles (rather than plain water) as a means of
reducing the risk of Legionnaires' disease. See: drivers
