Introduction to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
Contents
- About the Act
- About the 2002 Amendments
- Who does the Act apply to?
- Employers
- Employers' responsibilities
- Hazard identification and management
- Providing Information
- Providing protective clothing and equipment
- Training and Supervision
- Involving employees in health and safety matters
- Developing an employee participation system
- Training for health and safety representatives
- Calculating maximum leave for health and safety training
- Responding to notices
- Employees
- Employees
- Definition of employee
- General duties of employees
- The employee participation system
- Matters to include in an employee participation system
- Functions of health and safety representatives
- Electing health and safety representatives
- Default employee participation system
- Training for health and safety representatives
- Hazard notices
- Employee's right to refuse to do dangerous work
- What employees can expect from employers
- Self Employed + Principals
- How the Act is administered
- Administration of the HSE Act
- How the Department Operates
- What a Health and Safety Inspector does
- Powers of Entry and Inspection
- Improvement Notices
- Prohibition Notices
- Infringement Notices
- Infringement Fees
- Prosecutions by Inspectors
- Prosecution by others
- Penalties for most offences
- Penalties for knowingly causing serious harm
- Compliance Orders
- Insurance against fines not allowed
- Dealing with an Accident
- Glossary
- Publications
- Fact Sheets