Workplace Report June 2001

Features: Health & Safety

Safety law guide in community languages

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reissued its leaflet, Health and safety law: what you should know, in six community languages - Bengali, Chinese, Gujerati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. The leaflet describes the basic legal requirements for health and safety in the workplace, looking at the role and duties of employers and employees, welfare and fire precautions. Copies available from HSE books.