Officers from the Environmental Health Department offers information on how your business can comply with health and safety requirements. This includes:
- writing a health and safety policy
- completing risk assessments
We can also provide a health and safety information booklet specifically designed for small business called ‘Protect your Profit’. Download Protect Your Profit
Health and Safety Policy
Every business should have procedures in place to make sure accidents are prevented.
And, if you employ five or more members of staff, you must, by law, write down your procedures in the form of a safety policy.
This shows that you are committed to the wellbeing of your staff and outlines how your business will respond to the main hazards facing it.
A safety policy should include a general health and safety statement (signed and dated by the business owner or director), information about your organisation’s structure and responsibilities and details of your health and safety arrangements.
Our advisors can provide you with a sample safety policy or give you more advice on how to write a policy for your business.
Risk Assessments
All employers must assess the risks to the health and safety of their staff or other workplace users or visitors.
And, if you employ five or more members of staff, you must, by law, write down the findings of this risk assessment.
Examples of completed risk assessments are also available from the Health and Safety Executive website
Advice for Small Businesses
The Safety Pays Guide provides step by step advice on how to manage health and safety and includes information on risk assessments and developing a safety policy. It should be read in conjunction with the information sheets below which give specific advice for the following types of business.
