Health and Safety
Employees have a legal duty to cooperate at all times with the Council to ensure it can fulfil its employer duties under health and safety and fire safety legislation.
You must:
- take reasonable care of yourself and of other people who may be affected by your actions and behaviour
- inform your manager or supervisor of any hazardous situation or condition that may cause ill health or injury
- report any incident or accident in line with the Council’s Safety Incident Reporting Procedure
- ensure you use the Employee Protection Register appropriately
You must not:
- intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything that has been provided in the interest of health and safety
- deliberately ignore safety procedures or cut corners to save time or money.