Are you looking after your young workers? With more and more apprentices in placements up and down the country, it is vital that young workers are looked after properly. As an employer you have the same responsibility for young workers (under 18 years old) health, safety and welfare as you do with workers over the…
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What is a Principal Designer?
There is a lot of confusion surrounding exactly what a Principal Designer is. It is something that we hear quite often at Safety Advisors since the change was made from CDM Coordinator to Principal Designer. So, What is a Principal Designer? Do they design? What does a principal designer do? Hopefully this blog will set the…
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Health & Safety for Churches and Volunteers
A question we get asked a lot is, “We are a church, we don’t employ anybody, do we have to comply with Health & Safety Laws?”. The short answer is, YES. The longer answer to this question can be complicated and often cause confusion. In terms of Health & Safety volunteers are considered employees, this…
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How can Safety Advisors help you?
We often write blogs about lots of different subjects, we shout about health and safety, we share tips on how to keep employees safe etc etc, but what we have never done is write a blog about how we can help you and your business. History of Safety Advisors Don’t worry – this isn’t going…
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