A LAW to amend further the Health and Safety at Work (Jersey) Law 1989

THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

“(aa)  the identification and assessment of risks to health and safety to which the employer’s employees are exposed at work;”;

“(3)    It shall be the duty of every employer employing 5 or more employees –

(a)     to prepare and, as often as may be appropriate, revise a written statement of –

(i)      the employer’s general policy with respect to the health and safety of the employer’s employees,

(ii)      the organization of responsibilities with respect to that policy,

(iii)     the arrangements in force and measures taken by the employer to implement that policy;

(b)     without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (a)(iii), to prepare and, as often as may be appropriate, revise a written statement of –

(i)      the significant risks identified by the employer under paragraph (2)(aa) and the employer’s assessment of them,

(ii)      any arrangements in force and any measures taken by the employer to eliminate or reduce the significant risks to health and safety identified; and

(c)     to bring the statements and any revisions of them to the notice of the employer’s employees.

(4)     The statements required by paragraph (3) and any revisions of them shall be prepared in a language, or if necessary in more than one language, in which they will be understood by each of the employer’s employees.

(5)     The Minister may, by Order, amend the number of employees mentioned in paragraph (3).”.