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Assess the health and safety risks in your business
How you can assess the risks in your business and work to reduce them by carrying out a proper risk assessment that identifies and minimises safety hazards.
Identify health and safety hazards
How to identify any potential causes of harm or injury in your workplace as part of a risk assessment by walking around, looking at records and talking to staff.
Evaluate health and safety risks and decide on precautions
Assessing the risks at your place of work and developing systems to avoid these hazards and accidents such as issuing protective equipment or reducing exposure.
Safe manual handling at work
Protecting employees from the risks of carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling loads by assessing and reducing the risks and ensuring staff are properly trained.
Key health and safety management legal obligations
Staying up to date with your legal responsibilities for health and safety to protect staff, customers and visitors, have liability insurance and have a policy.
Control and review your health and safety management systems
Keeping records and driving continual improvement of health and safety management through setting targets, regular reviews and audits.
Business partnership changes
If you're employing a new partner, or an old one has left, find out the tax and reporting implications
Business partner retires
Responsibility for debts and the distribution of profits when a partner retires from a partnership
New business partner joins
What you must report when a new partner joins a business partnerships, responsibility for debts and distribution of profits
Business partner becomes bankrupt
What happens to a partnership and assets when a partner becomes bankrupt, responsibility for debts and the distribution of profits
Business partner dies
What happens to a partnership when a partner dies, responsibility for debts and the distribution of profits
Partnership is dissolved by a court
Responsibility for debts and the distribution of profits when a partnership is dissolved
Paying social security contributions for workers coming to the UK from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland
Check where you need to pay social security contributions if you’re from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland and are working in UK.
Paying National Insurance for workers from the UK working in the EU, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland
Check if you should pay National Insurance in the UK or social security contributions in the EU, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland.
Placing manufactured goods on the market in Northern Ireland
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured goods you place on the Northern Ireland market.
Personal protective equipment exemptions
Check if personal protective equipment exemptions apply or if there is an exemption such as equipment for playing competitive sports or non-protective clothing.
Appoint a competent person for health and safety
Your legal duty to appoint a competent person to advise on health and safety, including external sources of help and how to choose the right person.
Train staff to avoid repetitive strain injury
Training your staff in order to minimise the risks from repetitive strain injury by teaching them to be aware of the symptoms of RSI and reduce risks.
Causes of repetitive strain injury at work
The types of activities that can lead to repetitive strain injury, and types of worker that are particularly at risk including risks from cold and vibration.
Types of PPE: eyewear
Providing the correct level of eye protection for your workforce and yourself including equipment such as goggles, what to consider and who will need it.