The welfare of your staff is of utmost importance. They too have responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, to look after their own health and safety and that of others and to co-operate wit their employer on all matters of health and safety.
If you have employees whose first language is not English, then you need to make arrangements so that they can understand and access health and safety procedures, including training.
Any training or instruction given must be recorded and have staff sign that they have received and most importantly understood the instruction and why it is important to put any safety guides into practice.
Good standards of health and safety in the work place do not just happen on their own. Safe systems of work and communication and liaison with staff is a large part. It has to be managed and consultation with employees goes a long way to ensuring that safe practices are set and adhered too. If employees have taken part in the decision process and actively agreed to ways of working then it is much easier to enforce.
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