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Health & Safety at Work, Revised 8th ed.
Health & Safety at An Essential Guide for Managers is a practical guide to establishing systems and procedures for effective health and safety management and to the legal requirements for businesses.
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First published November 3, 2007
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July 5, 2016
The idea of health and safety at work is fairly clear and simple to understand, yet the legislative framework and obligations placed on both employer and employed continue to change. Even though at times it might feel that one’s employees are capable of doing the most idiotic, dangerous things possible and thus having to give reminders that hot water can be hot, there is a serious message at heart that all parties should heed.
This is a much-revised practical guide to managers, offering pointed, key advice (from a British standpoint) to establish or maintain health and safety protocols for companies, covering the key legal requirements and considers the practical, daily impact that this may have. This new version also features many online resources and templates that can be used by individual business owners, tailored to their specific applications.
A book like this a necessity, since even one health and safety transgression can cost a company a lot of money should an accident occur. It might even take someone’s life. It works well as a reference guide for when you want to check out a particular point, or as a deeper source of education to a topic. It eschews jargon and does not assume that the reader has a law degree – a refreshing use of relatively plain English in an area that is understandably complex.
Even if you already own a similar book or perhaps a previous version of this title, you could well consider this version to be an essential upgrade since laws change, new interpretations and precedents are formed and other issues come to light. Health and safety is more than just providing a first aid kit, sticking up warning signs and ensuring people are wearing high-vis.
This book is like home insurance; one of those things you need to consider and hope you never need to redeem. You don’t want things to go wrong, but if they do it helps to have done everything possible to mitigate or minimise the risks and eventual damage. With this book at your side, you might just be better informed, better prepared and more alert to the risks all around you.
This is a much-revised practical guide to managers, offering pointed, key advice (from a British standpoint) to establish or maintain health and safety protocols for companies, covering the key legal requirements and considers the practical, daily impact that this may have. This new version also features many online resources and templates that can be used by individual business owners, tailored to their specific applications.
A book like this a necessity, since even one health and safety transgression can cost a company a lot of money should an accident occur. It might even take someone’s life. It works well as a reference guide for when you want to check out a particular point, or as a deeper source of education to a topic. It eschews jargon and does not assume that the reader has a law degree – a refreshing use of relatively plain English in an area that is understandably complex.
Even if you already own a similar book or perhaps a previous version of this title, you could well consider this version to be an essential upgrade since laws change, new interpretations and precedents are formed and other issues come to light. Health and safety is more than just providing a first aid kit, sticking up warning signs and ensuring people are wearing high-vis.
This book is like home insurance; one of those things you need to consider and hope you never need to redeem. You don’t want things to go wrong, but if they do it helps to have done everything possible to mitigate or minimise the risks and eventual damage. With this book at your side, you might just be better informed, better prepared and more alert to the risks all around you.
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