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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.
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.
Six top tips for business networking
Networking tips for raising your profile, meeting new customers and suppliers, sharing knowledge and sourcing finance
Build your own business network
Create and make the most of an informal business network in Northern Ireland
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.
UK sanctions regimes
Information on UK sanctions regimes currently in force.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Monitor agency workers' health and safety
Health checks can be an important part of meeting your health and safety responsibilities, businesses and agencies can use checks to protect agency workers.
Product Builder Programme
Join the Product Builder Programme which aims to helps entrepreneurs develop digital products.
Survey gives businesses their say on tax system issues
The survey provides crucial insight into the big issues faced by small businesses including tax agents in the tax system.
Hours, rest breaks and the working week
The rules about working hours and how employers can best manage them.
Avoid slips and trips in the workplace
Identifying and managing the common hazards in your workplace which could cause staff or customers to slip or trip, including spills, cables and steps.
Working hours in a week
Understand the limit of working hours in an average week.
Food and drink - find a case study
Case studies highlighting success stories of businesses in the food and drink industry
Exemptions on hours and rest for workers who choose their hours
Exemptions to the rules about working hours, rest breaks, and rest periods for workers who choose their hours.
Commercial dispute resolution: arbitration
Arbitration as an option for resolving commercial disputes, organising an arbitration, setting rules and choosing and arbitrator.
Commercial dispute resolution: mediation
Mediation as an option for resolving commercial disputes, the benefits of confidentiality and the mediation process in Northern Ireland.