Policies and procedures
Policies and procedures
A health and safety policy sets out your general approach, objectives and the arrangements you have in place for managing health and safety in your business. It is a unique document that says who does what, when and how.
Your health and safety policy and procedures do not need to be complicated or time consuming; they inform staff and others about your commitment to health and safety, and simply describe how you will implement and monitor your health and safety controls.
What we can offer
Workplace Law aims to make the documents as easy to use and as simple as possible, using the following techniques:
- Using your own in-house font style and company logos to maintain consistency;
- Developing an electronic document retrieval process and incorporating links to health and safety ‘good practice’ information and guidance;
- Providing in-house training to your employees on the new policy / procedure; and
- Carrying out follow-up audits to establish the effectiveness of the new procedure and make any recommendations for improvement.
Why choose Workplace Law?
Workplace Law provides a high quality, personal service at very competitive rates. We place great emphasis on the training and approach of our professionals, which gives you the reassurance of a thorough, competent and reliable service:
- Our health and safety consultants are highly qualified professionals who are qualified to the level of Technical Safety Practitioner, as a minimum.
- All of our health and safety professionals have a health and safety managerial background and therefore recognise the importance of developing specific and pragmatic policies and procedures.
Benefits
- We can help you develop policies and procedures that will not only help you comply with legal requirements but also demonstrate your management commitment to health and safety both inside and outside the business.
- Good policies and procedures will lead to a positive health and safety culture where risks are managed sensibly, therefore reducing accidents and ill health, plus their related costs to your business.
- Reducing accidents and ill health will help to bring about improvements in overall efficiency, quality and productivity, thereby allowing you to meet customer demands and maintain credibility.
- As well as assisting with your policies and procedures, due to the experience of our health and safety professionals, we can offer comprehensive consultancy and support, as well as training for your staff if required.
Case studies
"In 2009 Chaps Ltd recognised that it needed to improve its health and safety systems. We changed our Health and Safety consultants to Workplace Law in order to give us a fresh approach towards our management of health and safety and to gain specialist construction advice.
"By using their expertise and experience Simon and Maria have guided us into developing a health and safety system that has achieved CHAS accreditation and given our customers and principle contractor’s confidence in our management of health and safety. They have always been available to offer advice when needed and to provide independent site inspections and audits which are often required by our customers.
"Both Simon and Maria continue to support Chaps Ltd and have become an important, integral part of our Health and Safety Management System."
Suzanne Jackson, HR Director, Emprise:
“Workplace Law has made a difference to the quality of the service we can provide to our staff. And because of the customised service from Workplace Law, the costs have come down.
“We’re now into the second year and we’re pleased with the level of service which is always turned around quickly with any queries being answered straight away.”
Martyn Ball, Head of HR at Akkeron Hotels:
“It’s not just telephone advice that we’ve come to rely on, Workplace Law consultants are also happy to attend our meetings in person and Jayn Bond has regular catch ups with us to discuss any HR related issues. Working with people you can trust is important to me and I value the personal relationship that we have developed with the team at Workplace Law.”
“The accreditation enhances our client services, evidences the robustness of our processes and demonstrates the passion and professionalism of our staff on every level.
“The exceptional support and input from the team at Workplace Law and in particular Simon Toseland, has ensured that the highest safety standards have been implemented and these are to be continually assessed and tested externally."
