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Vivienne Alp
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I am trying to find out what the responsibilities are within the work place for work place assessments when most of the people in the building are self employed.
Any idea on what the law is for self employed people who provide all their own furniture for their specific rooms?
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Nigel DuPree
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Reverse logic perhaps may offer a way to introduce assessments by way of a review of their "Service Level Agreements" or consultation on the introduction of same as a way of ensuring both parties expectations of the other are more clearly defined.
With a better understanding of what each should expect of the other this would open the way for regular assessment or review of performance against agreed service level ?
I think in addition to any workplace legislation there will be a responsibility under HSCER (H & S consultation with employees 1996) although, they are not strictly employees but have been working with you in the same building for some time so their will be a duty of care nonetheless even under landlord and tenant regulations.
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Peter Daws
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There is I believe a duty of care for all in a multi user building to cooperate with each other and inform all about the possible impact of their work. The landlord would certainly have to take the lead in everything to do with fire safety. The way forward woul dbe for the landlord to take the lead in all matters relating to H&S and insert in any Licence Agreement a clause dealing with H&S and the requirement for workplace assessments to be carried out and the record of these assessments given to the landlords. The landlord could then act as the responsibile body by disseminating any information felt necessary.
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Mike Kane
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In respect of fire safety in premises, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies.
The duties in the Order are imposed upon the "responsible person". Where the responsible person is not an "employer", then they are either "any person who has control of the premises" or "the owner".
The responsible person is required to ensure the duties specified in the Order are complied with and take such general fire precautions as they affect all "relevant persons".
"Relevant persons" are any persons lawfully on the premises and any person in the immediate vicinity of the premises who may be at risk from fire.
In other parts of the Order there are duties requiring the provision of information and ensuring co-operation and co-ordination.
This applies to all workplaces whether the persons present are "employees" or "self employed".
Mike Kane
fireuk@msn.com
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