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Health and safety risk assessment for agency workers
Employers and agencies must include agency workers in risk assessments and both have certain responsibilities for carrying these risk assessments out.
Provide agency workers with personal protective equipment
Equipment and procedures for protecting agency workers' health and safety including types of protective equipment and who is responsible for providing it.
Agency workers and health and safety information and training
Communication and instruction is essential for agency workers' health and safety, it is vital workers have the right training to safely carry out their jobs.
Co-operate to protect agency workers' health and safety
Shared responsibility for workers requires a co-ordinated approach to health and safety between the employment agency and the business using the workers.
Who is responsible for agency workers' health and safety?
User businesses and agencies share responsibility for agency workers' health and safety, duties depend on who the employer is and what the contract states.
Agency workers' health and safety
What businesses, agencies and the workers themselves must do to protect agency workers' health and safety, how to work with the agency and assess risks.
Additional responsibilities for upper tier COMAH-regulated sites
What you must do to ensure a top tier site meets Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations requirements including submitting a safety report.
Does COMAH apply to my business?
How a business is categorised under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations depending on the amount of substances they handle and who regulates COMAH.
Control of major accident hazards (COMAH)
What you must do to prevent and control major accidents if your business handles large quantities of dangerous substances in line with COMAH regulations.
What is an intranet?
What is an intranet, and what type of company information and resources should be available on the intranet.
Benefits of intranet
Key advantages of intranet to business include improved communication, greater efficiency and better resource management.
Benefits of intranets and extranets
What are intranets and extranets, what benefits can they deliver to your business, and how best to implement them.
Types of business phone systems
Different types of business phone systems include key system units, private branch exchange and virtual (VoIP) systems.
Types of e-commerce business models
Basic e-commerce models are business to business (B2B) or business to consumer (B2C), although other models exist.
Promoting your business online
Low-cost ways to promote and market your business, products or services on the internet.
Email and internet acceptable use policy
An acceptable use policy can help limit risks and data breaches, ensure compliance and protect your business reputation.
Advantages and disadvantages of using email for business
Understand the key benefits and downsides of using email for business, and how to use email technology more effectively.
Using email for business communication and marketing
Different ways you can use email to enhance your business operations, including marketing and communications.
Internet and email security issues
Understand the threats to your business from the internet and email usage, and ways to safeguard your business.
Business phone systems
How to choose a new telephone system for your business, replace or expand an existing one, or switch to VoIP or virtual PBX.