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Posted By alan2603
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Safety policy if I am the MD and my wife is the other MD/ owner of the company and we employ three staff. Does the company now employ five people and require a Health and Safety policy, as after all my wife and I do get paid.
If the answer is no technical by law what if I now employee loads of self-employed people to work in my office such as the accountant cleaners etc.
Whets the experts say!! PS sorry about the grammar its very early
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Posted By Paul Phillips
The answer is yes you do need a policy you have to count yourself and your wife as emplyees of the 'Company' and therefor you employ5 or more people.
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Posted By steven bentham
Yes you need a policy.
Alan, why not take it a step further and make safety central to your company?
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Posted By J Knight
Hi Alan,
First of all you need a policy however many people you employ; five employees is the threshold for having to write it down. And remember that an employee is a complicated beast, and can be differently defined for different legal purposes; we have many volunteers, they are not employees for most employment law, but they are for H&S. The same could apply in some senses if you used self-employed people to try and get round legal provisions,
John
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Posted By Dave Wilson
You can get a free leaflet from the HSE which will help with this, its called 'Stating your Business' (INDG 324) Guidance on preparing a H&S Policy for small firms. It can be downloaded from the HSE website in their free publications section.
o get more info.
Also an Introduction to H&S (INDG 259) H&S in small businesses - What you should know about and where to get more info.
Read these first before doing anything more is my recommendation
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