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Health and Safety Policy Question
I need to hire a safety consultancy to write a policy, but I have found a cheap option on ebay. Would this be ok for a small company. They state that it is up to date with the health and safety at work act 1974.
Answer;
Our advice is do not touch so called ready made health and safety policies they more often than not turn out to be wrong. We recommend that you speak direct to a comnsultant who can help write a policy to suit you and your company.
Question from UK Safety Advisor
I am looking at working overseas in the Middle East, is this the best time to start moving overseas taking in to considering the present Credit Grunch?
Answer;
Our advice is be very careful at what international jobs you take up, as quite often they can be terminated with little notice and you could end up in a country where you have to clear all your debts before you are allowed to leave. Even countries within the Middle East have started to lay off their staff so beware. We say wait and see what hapens over the 6 months or you might regret your move to the sun and get burnt (excuse the pun).
Question from our Editor
Why do some consultants scare people with the threat of legal prosecutions by the HSE to get them to sign up to consultancy services, instead of telling them the benefits of proactive safety and risk management? Having attended a free health and safety workshop at a local chamber of commerce, one of the so called largest consultancy groups spent more time giving the impression that the HSE are ready to prosecute and jail people at the drop of a hat? Also the presenter was using a hard sale scare tactics to make vulnerable people signup to their expensive so called service.