| First-aid guidance updated | Health and safety law poster | Asbestos: Your Duty |
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| HSEWeekly Digestebulletin Issued: 15 February 2024
This week's edition features: information about the health and safety law poster details of updates HSE has made to publications on first aid at work useful links to guidance and resources for those responsible for managing asbestos in buildings news of our latest job vacancies and some upcoming training opportunities and webinar For more health and safety updatesvisit our website |
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| HSE has made recent updates to 2 publications on first aid at work: First aid at work: Guidance on regulations
This publication sets out what you need to do to address first aid provision in the workplace. The updates include emphasising employers responsibilities to take account of employees mental health in their first aid needs assessment.
Selecting a first aid training provider: A guide for employers
This guidance helps you identify and select a competent training provider to deliver your first aid training needs.It has been updated to simplify what employers should consider when selecting a training provider. The updates do not change what is required to comply with the law. For further advice, resources and information visit our first aid website. |
The poster explains British health and safety laws and lists what workers and their employers should do. If you employ anyone, you must either: display the health and safety law poster where your workers can easily read it provide each worker with the equivalent health and safety law leaflet You must display the poster where your workers can easily read it and you cant print a copy yourself. You can: order HSE approved versions of the poster download the equivalent leaflet |
HSEs 'Asbestos Your Duty' campaign targets those responsible for managing asbestos in buildings (dutyholders). To support dutyholders, we recently updated our webpages for the duty to manage asbestos in buildings. This includes guidance on: what the legal duty is and the steps required to comply with the law who the dutyholder is, depending on the type of building etc, and what they must do new templates of an asbestos management plan and an asbestos register with a site plan examples of how asbestos can be managed across different industries The campaign provides dutyholders with a range of resources. You can: download the asbestos management plan template and the asbestos register template for your buildings answer a few simple questions to check if you have a legal duty to manage asbestos watch our video explaining the steps to the duty to manage asbestos in buildings |
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