Legal Responsibilities

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires you, the employer, to ensure, so far as is reasonably possible, the health and safety of all employees while at work. It is also your responsibility to ensure that others are not put at risk by your work-related driving activities.
(Self-employed people have a similar responsibility to that of employers.)

The Corporate Manslaughter Act which will be made law from April 2008 will further focus on legall responsibilities. Get more information about this new act here.

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, you have a responsibility to manage health and safety effectively. It is important to carry out an assessment of the risks to the health and safety of your employees, while they are at work, and to other people who may be affected by their work activities.

The regulations require you to periodically review your risk assessment so that it remains appropriate. You are required to consult with your employees, and where applicable, their health and safety representatives, on health and safety issues.