Health and Safety in the Workplace: Key Obligations for Employers

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a general duty on employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety, and welfare at work of all their employees. This duty extends to non-employees who may be affected by the employer's undertaking, including visitors, contractors, and members of the public.

Key obligations include carrying out suitable and sufficient risk assessments under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, providing adequate information, instruction, training, and supervision, maintaining safe systems of work, ensuring the workplace meets the requirements of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and consulting with employees on health and safety matters.

Matt Sewell, Compliance and Health & Safety Director at JJM Fire Consultants Ltd, leads our health and safety consultancy service. With qualifications including CertIOSH and DipNEBOSH, Matt provides practical, compliance-focused health and safety advice that helps organisations meet their legal obligations while maintaining operational efficiency.

Our health and safety services include workplace risk assessments, health and safety policy development and review, health and safety training, construction health and safety support, and ongoing compliance monitoring. We work with organisations across all sectors to provide clear, practical guidance that supports safe working practices.