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Posted By M Norgate
Can anyone help me with responsibility lies for risk assessments for a 'Golf Day' being organised by our social club. The day is only being organised by us as in we are booking it, Employees have to take holiday to go and make there own way there and back. Where does our (company) responsibility begin and end?
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Michelle
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Posted By Raymond Rapp
MN
A social event such as a golf day should be a low risk activity and treated as such. Although the event is being organised by the employer, in my opinion no special arrangements need be adopted or risk assessments completed.
You may wish to check with your insurers whether there are any caveats that may apply.
Ray
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Posted By Lee Mac
Agree with Ray.
For a similar event our insurers advised a nicely worded email stating that all individuals are to act in appropriate manner and the company will accept no responsibility for any damage or loss etc.
The previous year an employee took along the boyfriend from hell which was rather embarrassing for her and us. He was a rather obnoxious person with white around the edges of his nostrils who then decided to play sill beggers by swinging an iron around his room- damaged a studded wall and smashed a TV.
I won't go into how the guy was removed, suffice to say he left in a hurry!;-)
Lee
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Posted By Sally
I would say that the fact that they have to take holidays to attend makes this very clearly a non-work event.
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Posted By SteveD-M
Event organisers will need to carry out a risk assessment for the site preparation, the event and the site breakdown. Your insurance company will tell you that anyway.
If applying for a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 the precautions should also be listed within the public safety licensing objectives.
In short you need a risk assessment and a few other things...
If you need more detail drop me a note.
Cheers
Steve
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Posted By Brian Hagyard
So every time I go for a game of golf with a few of my work colleagues and we book the day off work, my employer has to do a risk assessment?
I think not - this is a social event outside of work - the fact that the people involved are all employed by the same person is immaterial.
You will be wanting a risk assessment for me to go to the sandwich shop at Lunchtime next!
Health and Safety At WORK etc act. Yes I know what the etc means but there a big clue in the title WORK!
Brian
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Posted By MT
Agree with Sally and Steve. It is not a work undertaking and your employees are not at work during the golf day, therefore it is nothing to do with the company. You need not do anything.
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Posted By MT
Duh. Obviously not Sally and *Steve*, but Sally and *Brian*! I do not agree with Steve!
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Posted By clairel
..ruins a good walk :-)
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Posted By Raymond Rapp
Steve
I am an admirer of many of your posts, but on this particular occasion I miffed at where you are coming from. Certainly others do not agree with you either.
I thought we were supposed to be advocating sensible health and safety management approach. Your knowledge of the law should also give you an advantage.
Ray
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Posted By Jack
So, you and a few others (who happen to work together) are taking a day off work to play golf and you want to know where your employers responsibilities begin and end. They end when you left work and begin when you return.
Amazed at some responses here. Sensible or what. Hope the Daily Mail is not logged in.
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Posted By M Norgate
Thank you for all your responses, sensible and not.
M
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