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When should an employer provide health and safety training for its employees? What safety information must an employer provide for its workforce? Are employers legally obliged to arrange on-the-job health and safety training? What is the employer's 'duty of care' in the provision of health and safety training? Are employers legally obliged to provide health and safety training to all workers? Is health and safety training applicable only to high-risk occupations? Apart from the Health and Safety at Work etc Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 is there any other legislation that applies to health and safety training?
Employers do not have to ensure that each and every employee has first-aid training. However, under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 (SI 1981/917), they must inform employees of the first-aid arrangements, including the location of equipment, facilities and personnel. This information must be part of any induction training given to new employees.
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