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Edward Jelliss
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The only trouble with common sense is that its not vey common
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Edward Jelliss
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The government is looking at agency employee’s rights but can anyone tell me what the agency’s duties are regarding the health and safety training of their staff.
My company quite often uses agency staff in the position of porters, sometimes for very short periods of one or two days. I have put a procedure in place to ensure that agency staff are advised of all the risks they may face at their place of work, and the emergency procedures etc. However due to their short period of employment with us we do not have time to put the agency employee through the manual handling training that we provide for our permanent staff.
Is it reasonable for me to expect that when requesting an agency to supply a porter (who’s job is lifting things), to arrive on site having been trained by the agency in manual handling techniques?
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