LRD guides and handbook October 2021

Health and Safety Law 2021

Chapter 4

Temporary workers

[ch 4: page 73]

Employers are required by Regulation 15 to provide information to temporary staff about the necessary occupational qualifications or skills required to carry out the job safely. Under the HSWA, an employer owes the same basic duty to agency workers, self-employed workers, temporary and casual staff and members of the public as they owe to their direct employees to take reasonable care of their health and safety (see Chapter 2 for more information).