Writing a health and safety policy

Every employer in the UK with five or more employees must, by law, have in writing its arrangements for ensuing the health and safety of its employees and others. The fundamental document describing these arrangements is the health and safety policy (often referred to as just the safety policy). The safety policy contains a statement, which is an expression of management intention, signed by the most senior member of the company management, committing that company to a culture of continual safe practice at every level.

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