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EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITIES

The law also places specific responsibilities for managing health & safety on employees. Below is a broad outline of how this applies to employees.

As an employee your legal duties include:

Taking reasonable care for your own health & safety & that of others who may be affected by what you do or do not do.

Co-operating with your employer on health & safety

Correctly using work items provided by your employer, including personal protective equipment, in accordance with training or instructions; and

Not interfering with or misusing anything provided for your health & safety or welfare.

An employer must do whatever is reasonably practicable to achieve this.

If you would like more information regarding an Employee’s Duties contact your local HSE & ask for copies of the following booklets:

Health & Safety Regulation: A short guide

Health & Safety Law: what you should know

(Please note that not all HSE publications are free)!