Introduction to the Health and Safety in Employment Act

Contents

• About the Act
• About the 2002 Amendments
• Who does the Act apply to?
  • All Workplaces, all work
  • Volunteers
  • Those on work experience and those getting on-the-job training
  • Loaned employees
  • Aircraft
  • Ships
• Employers
  • Employers’ responsibilities
  • Hazard identification and management
  • Providing Information
  • Providing protective clothing and equipment
  • Training and Supervision
  • Involving employees in health and safety matters
  • Developing an employee participation system
  • Training for health and safety representatives
  • Calculating maximum leave for health and safety training
  • Responding to notices
• Employees
  • Employees
  • Definition of employee
  • General duties of employees
  • The employee participation system
  • Matters to include in an employee participation system
  • Functions of health and safety representatives
  • Electing health and safety representatives
  • Default employee participation system
  • Training for health and safety representatives
  • Hazard notices
  • Employee’s right to refuse to do dangerous work
  • What employees can expect from employers
• Self Employed + Principals
  • Self Employed + Principals
  • Self-employed persons’ duties
  • Principals’ duties
• How the Act is administered
  • Administration of the HSE Act
  • How the Department Operates
  • What a Health and Safety Inspector does
  • Powers of Entry and Inspection
  • Improvement Notices
  • Prohibition Notices
  • Infringement Notices
  • Infringement Fees
  • Prosecutions by Inspectors
  • Prosecution by others
  • Penalties for most offences
  • Penalties for knowingly causing serious harm
  • Compliance Orders
  • Insurance against fines not allowed
• Dealing with an Accident
  • Duties when there is an accident
  • Recording and reporting accidents
• Glossary
• Publications
• Fact Sheets