Health and Safety Law 5e ePub eBook, 5th Edition

6 Recommendations for employers, managers and those in control of undertakings

Health and safety law imposes important duties on employers, managers, occupiers of premises and those controlling undertakings. An ‘undertaking’ can be any form of organisation, whether run for profit or not. On this basis, health and safety law applies to any type of undertaking that manages people including, for example, volunteers at a local hospital, people running a car boot sale and the organisers of a local carnival.

This chapter reviews some of the more important aspects of health and safety management necessary to ensure compliance with, in particular, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations. Documentation ...