More and more organisations are discovering the benefits of outsourcing all their safety and environment work to specialists like ourselves. The law does not permit you to delegate responsibility but you can outsource the day-to-day operations to competent professionals.
By selecting a support company that is well-established and can demonstrate competency, you have also gone a long way to fulfilling your legal duties. (more…)
Occupational Health and Safety is about keeping people safe whilst at work and, since 1974, UK Health and Safety Legislation has achieved major improvements.
Information presented in this section is designed to help you understand more about the benefits that accrue from good health and safety, along with your duties under UK health and safety law.
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Sickness Absence
Most employers at one time or another have people who are off work because of sickness or injury. In some cases, this may be the result of something that has happened whilst at work. Depending on the reason for the absence, the consequences for employees may range anywhere from minor inconvenience to major lifestyle changes.
Sickness absence also poses issue for the employer who needs to arrange cover for the absentee, which could mean employing temporary staff, training costs, overtime payments and a host of other inconveniences. (more…)
EDP Health, Safety and Environment, CEO, David Skews will be speaking at Furama Riverfront Singapore Conference during 14th – 15th April 2010. The 6th Creating Great Places to Work Conference – “Leadership: Engaging Hearts and Minds” is jointly organised by the Civil Service College and The Greenleaf Centre for Servant – Leadership (Asia).
The economic downturn has not only effected organisations across the world but many employees have been affected as a result of it and the way in which they contribute to the organisation. The conference is designed for business leaders to discuss how organisations can encourage employees to feel inspired and excited about their contributions to the organisation again. Speakers will have the opportunity to put across their ideas about the strategies and policies that they believe organisations should adopt to capture the hearts and minds of employees. (more…)
Dealing with red tape like health and safety compliance is often the last thing an SME wants to think about. Yet the cost of not doing so can be frightening. Accidents resulting from simple instances of non-compliance can result in huge penalty fines, while the corporate manslaughter act offers the prospect of a jail sentence to negligent directors. But SMEs don’t have to learn the lesson the hard way – if they achieve compliance through an effective health and safety policy. (more…)
EDP are looking for experienced part and full time DSE Assessors in UK and Ireland. Experience of using Cardinus assessment software is necessary as is experience of working in large office situations.
Salary will be commensurate with experience. The closing date for applications is 16th April 2010.
Apply in the first instance with your CV to cyril.barratt@edp-uk.com
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Ultimate Responsibility
Under UK Health and Safety Legislation, business owners and directors carry ultimate responsibility for the health and safety of their workers. This duty cannot be delegated or contracted out.
Most directors don’t have the time to personally handle health and safety and even fewer have the training and experience. It is therefore common to rely on the advice of health and safety professionals, either employed or consultants. (more…)
When things go wrong with your Health and Safety arrangements, it is all too easy in the heat of the moment to forget about the need to record and report details of accidents.
There are legal requirements to do with recording and reporting that you must follow. Even if these did not apply, there is real benefit for any organisation that is serious about health and safety in having comprehensive records of accidents and incidents. Without such records, it is difficult to measure how well you are doing in safeguarding your workforce or to know where you should be focussing time and effort to be most effective. (more…)
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