In order for health and safety policies to be effective, it is vital that the employer promoted good awareness by using different types of communication such as written, graphics and verbal. The Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 (HSIER) puts a duty on all employers which is to display an approved health and safety law poster in every workplace or to make sure that all the employees receive an approved leaflet with the same information.
In my old workplace, all employees received health and safety training before they started. It included simple training such as a fire evacuation procedure which is usually a mix of verbal and written material. It is important that every employer has a policy for training their employees which is based on an assessment of the risks that can occur within the workplace and training needs to be relevant to the risks within the workplace. For example, in my old workplace, staff help when each other when it comes to moving the residents and training is …show more content…
The HSE is also responsible for ensuring that he act works on a day to day basis, this means carrying out inspections of workplaces when a major incident has occurred or when it is believed that regulations have been breached. If they think that there are any problems when it comes to health and safety in a workplace that they have inspected, they can issue a notice for improvement, telling the employer that they need to fix the issues within a certain amount of time. If they fail to follow this, it can lead to a prohibition notice which is closure of the