Employers' responsibilities
Employers are responsible for making sure the work done for them is safe and healthy.
To achieve this they are expected to:
- systematically identify hazards
- systematically manage those hazards
- manage hazards by either eliminating them, isolating them, or minimising them, in that order of preference
- provide suitable protective clothing and equipment to staff
- provide safety information to staff
- provide training or supervision so that work is done safely
- monitor the health of employees to ensure that their work is not having a detrimental effect on their health
- provide opportunities for their staff to contribute to all those things.
