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RISK ASSESSMENTS
2. HEALTH AND SAFETY AUDITS
3. HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES
4. OTHER SERVICES
I.G.
Global Services Ltd. includes a legal consultancy department specialising
in providing Employment Law and Health & Safety services to
business.
Regardless
of size, every company is affected by Health and Safety regulations
that impose duties, obligations and penalties both on the companies
concerned and on the management and directors personally.
Our
Consultants will visit your premises to carry out an audit of
your existing practises and procedures and produce a report advising
on areas that require attention and implementation. We can also
carry out a risk assessment of your workplace and draft a Health
& Safety Policy on your behalf.
Every
company is under a statutory duty to carry out an assessment of
risks present in its workplace. If your company employs five people
or more, the risk assessment must be in writing. Legislation requires
that the assessment be carried out by a "competent person"
and examine the entire company’s activities to identify
any hazards involved, the likelihood of those hazards causing
harm and the steps required to eliminate or minimise the risks.
The
risk assessment should be reviewed periodically and whenever there
are significant changes in the workplace. We can arrange for a
qualified safety practitioner to visit your premises and carry
out a risk assessment study on your behalf.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY AUDITS |
A
health and Safety Audit enables your company to find out what
you are doing wrong and whether you may be in breach of a specific
legal or system requirement. Lord Cullen said in his report “Monitoring
and auditing the safety process is a critical activity to ensure
that any safety programme is being followed”.
Our
comprehensive Health and Safety Audit involves an initial critical
evaluation of a company's existing system for managing Health
& Safety. We review the structure and methods of operation
and survey the workplace to identify hazards, unsafe acts or conditions
and non-compliance with Regulations. We prepare a confidential
report on the findings with advice and guidance on actions to
be taken to bring the company up to speed to fully comply with
Health & Safety Regulations and good industry practise.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES |
A
written Health and Safety Policy is a legal requirement if a company
employs 5 or more employees. The elements of a Health and Safety
Policy are:
The
General Statement:
This is the declaration of the employer's intent to provide and
maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, a safe and healthy
working environment and to enlist the support of employees towards
achieving these ends. The statement should be signed by the employer
/ chief executive, to demonstrate commitment to managing health
and safety.
The
Organisation:
To be fully effective, the policy should detail health and safety
responsibilities within the entire organisation. Where appropriate
key individuals or their job titles should be named, and responsibilities
defined within a job description.
The
Arrangements:
This part of the policy will need to cover the systems and procedures
in place for ensuring employees health and safety in all areas
of the organisation.
We
can arrange for a qualified safety practitioner to visit your
premises and draft a Health & Safety policy on your behalf.
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In
addition to Health & Safety, we offer a number of fixed price
legal services for businesses.
- Employment
law issues
- Contracts
and policies
- Intellectual
Property rights
- Work
permits
- Inspections
- Tool
Box Talk
- Accident
Report
We offer a fixed price in advance enabling our clients to budget,
and remove the fear of the 'bottomless pit' of legal fees that
is associated with engaging a traditional solicitors' firm.
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For
more information e-mail: enquiries@igglobal.co.uk
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