I’m after some clarification regarding H&S in the Republic of Ireland
I work for a UK company and we have a team of 90 engineers who visit member sites to work. This business area is UKAS ISO/IEC 17020:2012 accredited, they also have Achilles, Safe Contractor and Altius certification. However 4 of these guys are based in ROI – they are employed under UK contracts. They are currently trained to work in accordance with the documented UK Quality management and H&S procedures we have in place.

What I’m unsure about is which legislation they should actually work in accordance with, although similar in general, there are some significant differences, for example ROI Manual Handling training requirements. Do we have to ensure they’re trained to meet these requirements, or do we ‘ignore’ it confident we have our own robust working practices in place? Basically, do these engineers follow the UK law as they’re employed with UK contracts, or do they have to adhere to ROI law because that’s where they live and work? I’m getting very confused.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Are these "member sites" part of the same multi-national group, or are you a contractor?

Not that this should make much difference surely? Do I need a specific Manual Handling Qualification to work in ROI? Seems contrary to the principles of free movement of labour in EU.