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The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 provides a wide, embracing, enabling framework for health, safety and welfare in the UK.
The Act places specific duties on
It is important to remember that the Act places a duty of care on both employers and employees to ensure health, safety and welfare in the workplace. The legislation is relevant to the prevention of RSI-type conditions, and as such, both employers and employees must, so far as it is reasonably practical, take all necessary steps to prevent their occurrence.
Although over recent years it has been reinforced by more explicit legislation, it still remains the cornerstone of UK health & safety legislation.
As more recent legislation places a much more explicit duty of care we recommend that you browse through all the relevant guides to specific health and safety legislation on the RSIA site. You can download the actual statutory instruments from this website.
UK Statutory Instruments (External link)
Advice & Research
Advice
H&S Legislation
Health & Saftey at Work 1974
DSE Regulations 1992
Manual Handling 1992
Workplace Regulations 1992
Reporting of Injuries
Work Equipment Regulations 1998
H&S Regulations 1999
Protective Equipment at Work 1992
Benefits
Income Support
Incapacity Benefit
Disability LIving Allowance
Industrial Injuries Disability Benefits
Council Tax Reduction Scheme
Disabled Persons Tax Credit
Employment Rights
Disclosing RSI to your Employer
Research
Research Index
Specific Research
Bruce Lynn & Jane Greening
Robens Institute for Health Ergonomics
Health & Safety Executive
EU-OSHA
Adam Ward
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