To be effective a policy should be communicated to all relevant persons, abided by, reviewed and updated periodically, or after any significant change. The policy statement (statement of intent) is a formal statement of commitment to continuous improvement in health and safety by demonstrated leadership. The statement of intent should be dated and signed by the most senior person in the organisation. This is what needs to be displayed. The policy should be available by whatever means you choose (hard copy electronic etc)

This type of discussion arises far to often. What you are talking about is not a safety policy but safety arrangements. The term policy is simply what the company wishes to achieve to comply with its policy, the arrangements are how they will do it. In the company I worked for the Health and Safety Policy was a one sheet committment to doing whatever was necessary to ensure the health and safety of all employees and visitors to its premises. The detail of how it was to be achieved was in the H&S Arrangments. This made the update of the policy an annual affair but the H&S arrangements could be updated as and when it became necessary.

Chris, Thank you. This was my understanding and what i needed confirmed.

Chris - I didnt really explain that bit right. It's not going to form part of the CPP as such, I was going to have it as an appendix so there is a copy filed on site and thought this will be the ideal place to file it. But as it will be available electronically and we will be dispalying the Statement of Intent it wont be in there.

WKS

there is no actual requirement to display anything. The policy and thats all the policy the statement, arangemts etc must be avialbale to staff.

What most people display is the statement but that is not the full policy.

Although the HSE's new 1 page template makes this easier for some companies.

Maybe Chris, maybe, but I make no apology for taking every opportunity to point out to all and any readers that documentation prepared for Construction Projects needs to be focussed, concise, relevant and specific - something that adds value and not more paper.

Have we really "nailed" the requirements for Policy on this thread I wonder? We've talked about "display" and "making available" and to some extent "communication", but not specifically about the statutory requirement to "bring to the notice" of all employees. As practitioners already know, best practice means senior managers taking the time to discuss policy objectives and demonstrate commitment first hand, i.e. face-to-face (or web cast or intranet/induction video).
The H&S Policy Statement is the first building block towards fostering and maintaining a positive health and safety culture. If the management of an Organisation don't take the time to demonstrate commitment to that, they aren't likely to convince the workforce that they take any element of H&S seriously.

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But to be fair Ron, the poster only asked advice on what needs to be displayed.

Ah, well IF that was the essence of the original question the answer is, if my memory serves me right, that S2 doesn't specifically require the policy to be DISPLAYED, but rather brought to the attention of employees.