Employers’ responsibilities

Employers are responsible for making sure the work done for them is safe and healthy.

To achieve this they are expected to:

• systematically identify hazards
• systematically manage those hazards
• manage hazards by either eliminating them, isolating them, or minimising them, in that order of preference
• provide suitable protective clothing and equipment to staff
• provide safety information to staff
• provide training or supervision so that work is done safely
• monitor the health of employees to ensure that their work is not having a detrimental effect on their health
• provide opportunities for their staff to contribute to all those things.