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   What are the responsibilities of an employer?

   • The main duties are: These duties: If either the employer or employee breaches one of these duties, it can damage or even end the working relationship. Employers have: This means employers must do all they reasonably can to protect their employees' health, safety and wellbeing at work. This could include:

   Employer and employee duties - Employment contracts and the law

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   What is an employer's duty to ensure health and safety?

   • (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of an employer’s duty under the preceding subsection, the matters to which that duty extends include in particular—

   Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - Legislation.gov.uk

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   Are employees protected if they whistleblow about health and safety?

   • Employees and workers are also protected if they whistleblow about health and safety. Find out more about whistleblowing at work. Employers and employees have a 'duty of trust and confidence' towards each other. They must: If an employer breaches the duty of trust and confidence, their employee might be able to claim:

   Employer and employee duties - Employment contracts and the law

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   Do employers have a health and safety policy?

   • For workplaces with five or more employees, employers must keep a written record of their health and safety policy, as well as consult with employees (or employee representatives) on relevant policies and associated health and safety arrangements. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

   The Health and Safety at Work Act Explained

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2. www.acas.org.uk › employer-and-employee-dutiesEmployer and employee duties - Employment contracts ... - Acas

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   Employers and employees have certain duties that are central to any employment contract. These are sometimes called 'imposed duties'. The main duties are: duty of care; duty of trust and confidence; duty of fidelity; These duties: are crucial to a working relationship; help employers and employees work together effectively

3. www.hse.gov.uk › legislation › hswaHealth and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 – legislation explained

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   It sets out the general duties which: employers have towards employees and members of the public. employees have to themselves and to each other. certain self-employed have towards themselves and...

4. www.gov.uk › employment-contracts-and-conditionsEmployment contracts: Written statement of ... - GOV.UK

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   The employer must provide the principal statement on the first day of employment and the wider written statement within 2 months of the start of employment. Employers must tell employees or...

5. www.britsafe.org › training-and-learningThe Health and Safety at Work Act Explained | British Safety ...

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   • The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. As a brief overview, the HASAWA 1974 requires that workplaces provide: Adequate training of staff to ensure health and safety procedures are understood and adhered to.
   • Display Screen Equipment Regulations (DSE) 1992 (amended 2002) The DSE Regulations require that, as well as providing a suitable workstation for their DSE users (which the HSE defines as ‘workers who use DSE daily, for an hour or more at a time’) employers must also take steps to ‘protect workers from the health risks of working with display screen equipment (DSE), such as PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones’.
   • Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE) 2018. Some working environments present significant risks to employee health and safety (e.g. from falling materials, contact with hazardous substances, contaminated air, extremes of temperature etc.).
   • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations require that an employer must suitably assess work-based activities and implement any appropriate controls to manage potential risks to the health, safety and welfare of employees (and others).

6. www.gov.uk › employers-workplace-pensions-rulesWorkplace pensions - what your employer can and cannot do

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   What your employer must do. Your employer must automatically enrol you into a pension scheme and make contributions to your pension if you’re eligible for automatic enrolment. If your...

   • All employers must offer a workplace pension scheme by law. You, your employer and the government pay into your pension.
   • Your employer must automatically enrol you into a pension scheme and make contributions to your pension if you’re eligible for automatic enrolment....
   • Your employer cannot: encourage or force you to opt out of the scheme unfairly dismiss or discriminate against you for staying in a workplace pensi...
   • When your employer automatically enrols you into their workplace pension scheme, they must write to you. In the letter, they must tell you: the dat...
   • Delay the enrolment date Your employer can delay the date they must enrol you into a pension scheme by up to 3 months. Your employer must: tell you...

7. www.legislation.gov.uk › ukpga › 1974Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - Legislation.gov.uk

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   2 General duties of employers to their employees. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of an employer’s duty under the preceding subsection, the matters to which that duty extends include ...

8. www.gov.uk › government › publicationsEmployment status and employment rights: guidance for HR ...

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   Published 26 July 2022. Section 1: Guidance overview. Employment status affects everyone who works. Areas such as pay, leave and working conditions can all depend on employment status. People with...