Workplace Report (October 2015)

Health & safety - HSE Monitor

Turban-wearing Sikhs

From 1 October, under the Deregulation Act 2015, a health and safety exemption that was originally designed to allow Sikhs to wear a turban in place of a safety helmet on construction sites is to be extended to all workplaces (with some limited exceptions including emergency response situations).

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/20/notes/division/5/6


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