Hazard identification and risk management

New and updated

• Date:

  28 October 2005

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Constructive dismissal: Failure to conduct proper risk assessment can be repudiatory breach

  In Bunning v G T Bunning & Sons Ltd, the Court of Appeal holds that the tribunal was correct to find the employer in breach of its obligation to carry out a risk assessment for a pregnant worker under reg.16 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What are the stress management standards issued by the Health and Safety Executive?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What are the key steps for carrying out a workplace risk assessment?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What kind of hazards might exist in a workplace?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where can employers find information about workplace hazards for the purposes of risk assessment?

• Type:

  FAQs

  When should an employer carry out health surveillance?

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Workplace hazard identification form

  A model form to record identified hazards.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Workplace hazard report form

  A model form for employees to report hazards that they have identified.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Safe car travel policy

  A model policy to outline your organisation's rules on travel by car for work-related purposes and the steps to be followed to reduce the associated risks.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Manual handling - risk assessments

  A table summarising the factors and questions that employers must consider when assessing manual handling operations involving a risk of injury.