Health & Safety Policy - NICEIC

4R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E SNote 1Your name must be insert e dh e re. As the employer (ie solet r a d e r, senior partner ormanaging director) you haveoverall responsibility for healthand safety.Note 2If you are not always there, ordo not have time to manage ona day-to-day basis, you candelegate this role to someoneelse, eg dire c t o r, manager ors u p e rv i s o . rYou will need toe n s u re that they keep you fullyi n f o rmed of health and safetymatters – it will still be youroverall re s p o n s i b i l i t . yNote 3You may delegate functions topeople within your org a n i s a t i o n ,either by specific areas withinthe workplace or by topic.You should include their specificresponsibilities in their jobdescription (if they have one).You must also ensure that theya re competent to undert a k etheir health and safetyresponsibilities and haveadequate re s o u rces to enablethem to do their job pro p e r l y.It is important thatresponsibilities are clearly setout – this will make sure that ift h e re are any health and safetyc o n c e rns, they can be re p o rt e dto the right person, so they canbe dealt with.You may wish to insert adiagram or chart showing yourmanagement stru c t u re /a rr a n g e m e n t s .Note 4Employees have legalresponsibilities to take care ofthe health and safety ofthemselves and others, and toco-operate with you to help youcomply with the law.E q u a l l y, if employees have anyc o n c e rns over health andsafety issues, they should beclear about whom they shouldtell, so that the concerns canbe addre s s e d .1234Overall and final responsibility for health and safetyis that ofDay-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy isput into practice is delegated toTo ensure health and safety standards are maintained/i m p roved, the following people have responsibility inthe following are a sNameRe s p o n s i b i l i t i e sResponsibilityAll employees have to:● co-operate with supervisors and managers onhealth and safety matters;● not interfere with anything provided to safeguardtheir health and safety;● take reasonable care of their own health andsafety; and● report all health and safety concerns to an appropriateperson (as detailed in this policy statement).