Updating author: Richard Bretton

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Summary
Future developments
Practical example
Action point checklist
Key references
Questions and answers
Consultation
First aid
Insurance
Reporting
Safety signs and signals

Summary

8.488

• Employers are required by law to consult employees on matters that affect their health and safety. (See 8.490 Consultation)
• First aid can save lives and prevent minor injuries becoming major ones. (See 8.491 First aid)
• All private sector employers and some public sector bodies are required to maintain employers' liability insurance in respect of their employees. (See 8.492 Insurance)
• Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 employers have a duty to report certain injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences. (See 8.493 Reporting)
• Employers must use a safety sign where there is a significant risk to health and safety that has not been avoided or controlled by the methods required under other relevant law, provided that use of the sign can help to reduce the risk. (See 8.494 Safety Signs and signals)

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Future developments

8.489 There are no future developments.

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Consultation

8.490 Employers are required by law to consult employees on matters that affect their health and safety.