Health & Safety when you have 5 employees or more
As soon as you have 5 employees or more, you have a legal requirement to comply with all work-related health and safety legislation.
Your obligations are outlined in the Safety at Work Regulations 1974.
How this changes from less than five employees is you now need to ensure you have:
- Written Health and Safety Policy
- Written Health and Safety Policy Statement
- Written Risk Assessments
- COSHH assessments
- Toolbox talks
- A competent person either within your business or a consultant.
We act as competent people for over 800 companies. When we act as your competent person, we will complete all the documents you need to comply and keep the documents up to date as legislation changes. You also have access to over 1,000 documents including risk and method statements, COSHH data, toolbox talks, and more. We charge a small monthly fee.
If you are not sure exactly what your business will require, you can find details on it by visiting the HSE website. Every business is different, and a competent person will be able to cover all aspects for you.
If you wish to employ your own competent person, they should be fully qualified in all aspects of Health & Safety; this can prove to be an expensive requirement if you employ them full-time.
A more competitive way is to use a remote competent person service. We offer this service using one of our safety consultants as your competent person. We will make sure all your documents and training are up to date today, and be there to answer any questions. You also get free access to over 1,000 safety documents including RAMS.
There are a number of resources on the HSE website that can help you with any changes that may affect you as you continue to grow.
We are a friendly and professional team working in the background to help and support like-minded people get on with their work.
