LRD guides and handbook February 2017

Protecting workers from violence and abuse - a union rep's guide

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Chapter 2

2. The law

[ch 2: page 19]

Health and safety law applies to risks from violence and abuse, just as it does to any other risks at work. The employer’s duty of care under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 includes preventing violence at work, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says that employers’ risk assessments should include violence wherever it is a significant risk.


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