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What is the maximum temperature that employees are allowed to work in?

What is the maximum temperature that employees are allowed to work in?

Food hygiene certificates

Do I need any health & safety qualifications and food hygiene certificates before I can open a sandwich shop?

Employers obligations for work place injuries

What are employers obligated to provide for an injured employee, who was injured at work? For example, would an employer have to pay for the injured employees physiotherapy if this sort of treatment was required or recommended by a GP?

Supplying clothing for workers

I am a brickwork contractor - do I have to supply wet weather wear to staff when working outside on building sites?

Health and Safety in the work place

I am part of a sales team and use my computer all day. I had glasses before I went to the company, but feel my eyesight has deteriorated since. Does my employer have to pay for an eye test and can I charge them for any treatment?

Employee refusing to do health and safety test

My employee won’t do his Health and Safety Certificate touch-screen test. Is this a sackable offence?

The law on working alone

I was just informed on another forum that legally you had to have two staff on duty at all times in retail. Seems strange, how then does this work if you are a sole trader and have a small shop with only you in it?

Safety in the workplace

Do all doors in the workplace need safety glass fitted as standard?

Waste disposal licences

Where can I gain a waste disposal licence for yellow bags containing clinical waste for a nursing home business?

Displaying Health and Safety notices

What are the legal requirements for documents to display on the staff health and safety notice board in an office environment?

Health and safety regulations for a meat retailer

I live on a farm and we have started selling our own meat from the farm gate. It is slaughtered and butchered at the local abattoir and I pack it on the farm before it is collected. I want to make better use of our garage as a space in which to do this. Can you please advise where I might be able to find out more about the necessary health and safety procedures I would need to adhere to for this?

Advice on writing a health and safety policy for my employees

How do I go about writing a health and safety policy for my employees?

Risk assessment guidelines for company employees

Is it legal for a freelance contractor who is not directly employed by a company to work alone and unsupervised on the company premises? For example on his own during a late shift with no other members of staff present, apart from a once nightly check by security staff.

Do I legally have to provide a WC on the premises?

Do I legally have to provide a WC on the premises?

Is an employer obligated to provide transport home when public service is not available?

Is an employer obligated to provide transport home when public service is not available?

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