The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced a range of challenges for businesses with many restrictions on normal operations. This may include difficulty in getting support from contractors on carrying out statutory inspections, examinations and test of plant and equipment or the need to close premises.
Failure to carry out a statutory inspection, examination and test would be a breach of legislation Continue reading…
Members of the public and non-work-related cases
There is no requirement under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) to report incidents of disease or deaths of members of the public, patients, care home residents or service users from COVID-19.
The reporting requirements relating to cases of, or deaths from, COVID-19 under RIDDOR apply only to occupational exposure, that is, as a result of a person’s work. Continue reading…
Businesses continue to change their work routines to accommodate the COVID-19 risk, with many now considering moving over to homeworking as a permanent measure.
If you are considering permanent homeworking, as an employer it is important to remember that you still have a duty of care to those employees working from home and as such should take appropriate measures to ensure their health, safety and welfare is considered in the same way it would be from their workplace.
If you run a business, the chances are you now have employees working from home, whether still on a temporary basis or making the change permanently.
For those people who are working at home on a long-term basis, the risks associated with using display screen equipment (DSE) must be controlled. This includes them doing workstation assessments at home. Continue reading…
In accordance with Government advice, SWQR card production for Operatives and Supervisors has been suspended until 31st January. The decision on whether card production can resume in February will be based upon further updates and levels of restrictions imposed by Government. Continue reading…
Following the Government announcement last night, as a large number of our customers are in the Construction and Manufacturing industries, to support their ongoing requirement for health and safely advice and site support, C&C will continue to provide services as normal. Continue reading…
Q: It is freezing in our office, what is the regulated temperature in the workplace?
A: The law does not state a minimum or maximum temperature, but the temperature in workrooms should normally be at least:
The government have provided a service to create a QR code to display in your workplace or venue that visitors can scan when they arrive, using the NHS COVID-19 app. Continue reading…
It’s a challenging time for businesses returning to work and adapting working practices to include Covid-secure measures. We’re please to have been able to help numerous existing and new to C&C organisations in understanding their legal obligations as well as completing Covid risk assessments and guiding them on Covid-secure measures. Continue reading…
The HSE have released guidance on when it is applicable to report Covid-19 under RIDDOR. CLICK HERE for full details.
