http://EmploymentRightsIreland.com A look at employers obligations in employment to ensure health and safety of employees in Ireland

1. Major cause of concern for employers
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2.  1. Common law-a general duty of care owed
by employers to provide a safe premises
 2. Statute-Safety, Health and Welfare at Work
Act, 2005
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3.  Safety statements
 Risk assessments
 Protective equipment and measures
 Safe place of work
 Safe method of working
 Victimisation
 Bullying
 Stress
 Harassment
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4.  Enforcement carried out by HAS
 Criminal offences to be in breach of health
and safety laws
 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work
Regulations 2007 sets out all obligations and
areas to be tackled
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5.  Bullying
 Stress
 Grievance procedures
 Anti bullying policies
 Health and safety policies
 Employers must do all that is “reasonably
practicable”
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6.  Good policies and procedures are essential to
defend claims in Court and the various
Labour Court mechanisms
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