According to WHO (World Health Organisation) “occupational health should aim at: the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations.” Therefore, health and safety legalisation is extremely important within the work place; it ensures that the health and welfare of employees is maintained by providing a safe environment to work in. Health and safety procedures have to be employed in order to protect co-workers, family members and customers. Therefore organisations must ensure at all times that work being carried out on behalf of the company is safe.

Health and safety legalisation can be beneficial for the employer for numerous reasons. If safe practices are employed then medical care, sick leave and other illness related costs can be reduced.If health and safety procedures are not carried out and an employee or customer is injured then the employer / company could face prosecution for negligence and occupiers liability. Therefore by having health and safety legalisation in place the employer can reduce the risk of having to spend money on illness or accidents.

Different types of employment will have different health and safety demands therefore it is important that you find the legalisation that is specific to your type of industry. Some health and safety legalisation might require employee’s to wear personal protective equipment to optimise their safety.

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10th March, 2014
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James Cook

As one of the Directors of AWB, I lead our overall service and product offering; from designing our processes and products, to how we present them and critically how we ensure we give our customers the best service possible. I am an architect by profession, having worked in international practice for 15 years, across various sectors including residential, office, laboratory and education. This has given me a keen eye for quality and detail, but also perspective in being able to absorb customer requirements and provide tailored responses. I am keen on utilising cross industry design expertise to deliver a high quality product for our customers. I strive to ‘do more with less’ and ‘keep it simple’. I am very much into Formula 1, guitars and an emerging mid-life crisis hobby of surfing.

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