Member health & safety factsheets
16 June 2008
You will find some factsheets containing basic information on a number health and safety issues below - these are only introductions and are not a substitute for talking to your union rep.
In this section:
Health and safety law
Safety Representatives & Safety Committees Regulations 1977
This publication contains the Regulations, Approved Code of Practice and Guidance on trade union safety representatives appointment and functions, and the duties imposed on employers to support those functions and other safety reps activities. Copyright release for this Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø-badged version of the Safety Representatives & Safety Committees Regulations has been given to the TUC, and permits affiliated unions to reproduce it for educational purposes:
TUC Safety representatives and safety committees [1mb]
Your health, your safety: A guide for workers - HSE/TUC leaflet [104kb]
Health and safety law: what you should know - HSE leaflet [64kb]
Workplace organisation
Safety reps or safety committees [134kb]
Safety reps or safety committees [154kb]
Health & safety rep functions [278kb]
Health & safety rep functions [142kb]
Health and well-being
Covid-19: see Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø coronavirus advice
Sickness absence questions [147kb]
What to do if you are involved in an incident or injury at work - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø member factsheet [164kb]
How long can you be expected to work without being given a break? - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø factsheet [146kb]
Stress: employer liability - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø member factsheet [150kb]
Long-term sickness absence - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø factsheet [143kb]
A guide for new and expectant mothers who work - HSE booklet [628kb]
What to do if you are being bullied or harassed [163kb]
What to do if you witness bullying or harassment [157kb]
Guidance for those accused of bullying or harassment [160kb]
Who listens? Bullying in further and higher education [159kb]
- TUC site with information on a number of workplace health issues
Working environment
Mouse infestations - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø factsheet [95kb]
Working with VDUs - HSE leaflet [112kb]
Smokefree workplaces: a guide [220kb]
Lone working and mobile working in FE - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø guidance [75kb]
Teleworking - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø factsheet [158kb]
Out of 'site', out of mind? IOSH guidance on teleworking [83kb]
Working alone in safety: controlling the risks of solitary work - HSE leaflet [37kb]
Temperature and ventilation - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø factsheet [164kb]
Hazards
Hazards Conference Report 2013 [22kb]
Asbestos in the workplace - Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø factsheet [164kb]
Read the label: how to find out if chemicals are dangerous - HSE factsheet [101kb]
Are you a Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø health & safety rep?
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø safety representatives and branch/LA officers should contact the Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø health and safety advice service which provides information to reps on all health & safety issues and problems, legislation and guidance.
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