Health and safety policy

If you have five or more Individuals hired personally to work under contracts of employment, usually in exchange for payment. Employees are normally fully integrated into the business and the employer exercises a large degree of control over their work., it is compulsory to have a written health and safety policy. If you do not, the Health and Safety Executive. Britain's national regulator for workplace health and safety. can take action against you, including prosecution. Even if you have fewer than five Individuals hired personally to work under contracts of employment, usually in exchange for payment. Employees are normally fully integrated into the business and the employer exercises a large degree of control over their work., it is best practice to have a written health and safety policy, to make your health and safety arrangements clear and show a commitment to managing health and safety. This section will help you to write a health and safety policy and explains how and when you should review it.

Writing a health and safety policy

Reviewing a health and safety policy

Annual action plan (health and safety)

This annual action plan (health and safety) helps you plan your health and safety actions for the year. It sets out the most common health and safety checks you are likely to need to complete (on a daily, weekly, monthly, six monthly, annually, and five yearly basis) and allows you to efficiently record your comments. You can also add your own actions specific to your business. In addition to this annual action plan (health and safety) you must complete regular risk assessments. You can find these templates at General risk assessment for a shop or other business open to customers , General risk assessment for an office , General risk assessment for remote workers , and Fire safety risk assessment .

£25 + VAT

Staff handbook and policies

A staff handbook is a manual given to staff by employers which sets out information they need to know about their company’s HR policies and procedures. HR policies set out how a business will handle different employment issues, including certain rights and responsibilities of its managers and staff. A staff handbook might also be referred to as an employee handbook, a company handbook or an employee manual. This document will not only help you to comply with employment law, but it will also give you the option to go above and beyond what is legally required of you and to provide your business with extra legal protections. You can customise this template to either produce standalone HR policies or to create an entire staff handbook containing the employment policies and procedures of your choice.

£40 + VAT

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