Safety training
Updating author: Mary Lawrence, Osborne Clarke
Summary
- Employers owe a common law and implied contractual duty to their employees to take reasonable care for their health, safety and welfare at work. (See The employer's common law duty of care)
- Employees who are injured in the course of their employment may sue their employer for damages arising out of a negligent failure to provide appropriate safety training. (See The employer's common law duty of care)
- All employers are under a duty to provide their employees with the necessary safety training, information, instruction and supervision. (See Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999)
- Where relevant, workers must receive training in and/or information about work equipment, display screen equipment, manual handling, safe stacking, fire safety, first aid and food safety and under other health and safety legislation. (See Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992, Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, First aid, Food safety and hygiene and Miscellaneous health and safety legislation)
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