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Hi Everyone.
I have come into a company who are asking me to rewrite thier H and S policy. The previous one was written by an external business and is very much a generic copy of many others I have seen.
They have asked me to make the policy much more personnel to them
There is no problem in me writting the policy. I have explained to the director that his current policy is beefed up with page upon page of HSE regulations and policy, much of which isnt relevent for this business.
My question is, in general does the policy need to contain all the differnent regs or can it been be whttled down to a couple of pages, company aims, responsibilities and other short paragraphs. In my opinion no employee is going to read the current policy which is 40+ pages with all the regs, but its what they have used for the last 5 years
Thank you
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It’s not surprising that the policy looks very generic. We are all subject to the same legal requirements and the duties imposed on employers are the same. So we all need to provide information, instruction training and supervision. Everybody has to do risk assessment. They need to record and investigate incidents and carry out some sort of audit function. Most organisations have a simple 1 page policy statement laying this out. So far so generic. Where you earn your money is HOW the organisation does this things. How do you tailor the training for your staff? What is the most effective way to communicate the H&S management within the organisation? This depends largely on what sort of culture the organisation has, is it very top down or are staff very empowered to take the initiative etc? This is where the nitty gritty comes in and needs thought, consultation, action, review, repeat.
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There is no requirement to write any regulation but it does help employees, supervisors, managers find further information and guidance. You could just write “in compliance with all relevant regulations”.
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