Dear All, When It comes to staff traveling and working in another country outside europe, far east for example. Is there anything in legislation that says companies must manage the health and safety of staff that are out there? Now don't worry the company I work for takes excellent care of their staff abroad and I realise we have a duty of care of our staff but how far does that duty go once staff are in international teritory ? In the event of an accident could they still sue in the normal way? could the HSE take action ? may be for not having a suitable and sufficent international risk assessment for example ? and what if the staff are employeed by us but originates from that country ? sorry if I'm rambling but once I got thinking about the subject all sorts of questions starting popping into my head and I can't find any legislation that directly relates to staff working abroad but becuase it is an area I haven't looked at before I may just not be looking in the right place. ???????? I also can't recall touching on the subject during my diploma, but maybe I fell asleep during that bit. :) If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated regs only apply to the UK(plus things like offshore oil rigs) therefore a UK based employer cannot be held criminally liable for things that happen overseas. As far as the civil law goes there is a duty of care in common law but it is of course limited by what it is practical for a UK based employer to do.