What it should say is that the organisation expects all employees to comply fully with both H&S law (eg section 7 of HSWA) and the organisations policies and procedures. Any failure to comply with those things can lead to disciplinary action or dismissal. The statement may also set what the employer will be doing to support the employee ie complying with the law, providing PPE, training supervision and information etc. It maybe, that the employer just wants to have another stick to beat the workers with and would rather not include any of their own responsibilities included. Some discrete enquiries are in order before you commit anything to paper.

Animax, It section 8 Duties of employers and Section 13 Duties of employees that you should base your policy on. Section 20 is in relation for the need to compile a safety statement which is a slightly different thing in Ireland. The safety statement is the H&S file and not a policy statement. Hope this helps. Kevin

Hi Animax, yes as you said before it is a similar document to the H&S management system although a little more specific and aligned/ based on the initial hazard ID risk assessment of the company's activity ( section 19 of the act). Detail wise it is not a simply a generic system overview document and must be reflective of the ongoing activity, basically something the workers can pick up and know what is required. Think org arrangements and responsibilities, incident management, training, emergency response procedures etc etc along with your risk assessments and control measures. You would have a policy / commitment statement included as part of the overall document. Size depends on the scope of company activity I have seen 10-20 page excellent ones to 100 page generic door stops. http://hsa.ie/eng/Public...nd_Safety_Statements.pdf The link above provides a good overview and gives a breakdown of the section 20 requirement. Hope this helps. Cheers, Phil