Health and safety law 2018

Health and Safety Law 2018 aims to provide safety reps and other trade union reps with a comprehensive guide to the law on health and safety at work. The booklet examines the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the regulations made under the Act that deal with specific areas of health and safety. It looks at:

• the basic structure of health and safety law (Chapter 1);

• health and safety enforcement (Chapter 2);

• the management of health and safety (Chapter 3);

• safety representatives and safety committees (Chapter 4);

• the workplace and the working environment (Chapter 5);

• hazardous substances (Chapter 6);

• work equipment and clothing (Chapter 7);

• physical hazards, such as manual handling and repetitive tasks, fire, noise, vibration, radiation, electricity and gas (Chapter 8);

• hours of work (Chapter 9);

• the reporting of accidents and ill health (Chapter 10); and

• stress, bullying, harassment and violence (also called psychosocial risks) (Chapter 11).