Rights and Responsibilities

Covered in this topic:

  • What are the legal duties on my employer to ensure my health, safety and welfare at work?
  • What requirement is there for my employer to consult me and other employees on health and safety matters?
  • As an employee, what legal duties are placed on me in respect of health and safety?
  • What rights do health and safety inspectors have to question me or my employer?
  • I have heard about a 'duty of care' on my employer. What is it?