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Hi All - Does anyone know if the Management Regs 1999 are changing this year? I am told that every organisation must have a written policy and record all significant findings regardless of how many employees they have.
Cheers
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I haven't heard that. The requirement for a health and safety policy comes under HASAWA not the management regs. And I can't see the regs amending the act!
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That sounds like an auditor or customer requirement, not a legal one. Or possibly it's just a misunderstanding. And the current trend is to reduce regulation of small businesses - not increase it!
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Section 2(3) of the HASAWA states that there should be a written policy and that's its revised, as and when necessary.
The employers' health and safety policy statements (exception) regs 1975, exempts an employer with less than 5 workers. It goes on to say that the exemption is for the writing of and not the establishment of a policy.
So all you would to prove is that you have a policy, but you haven't got to bring it to the attention of the employees in a written form.
I don't think that these things were ever designed to be straight forward!
Pete
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