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Employers are being urged to mitigate the Covid-19 risks of the planned return to work to avoid further operational downtime. Safe Team lead consultant, Paul McLaughlin, has warned that the reintroduction to working life following the lockdown “needs to be risk assessed, and adequate controls need to be implemented to mitigate the risk of Covid-19 before employees return to a safe working environment, a legal obligation for all employers”. “Organisations that fail to properly plan for the safe return to work, risk contributing to a further outbreak and further delay back to normal operations. There are steps that can easily [...]

 Irish employers are obligated to make Covid-19 updates to their health and safety policies, says a leading health and safety consultant. Employers are being urged to update safety measures, risk assessments and safety statements to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 as some employees prepare to return to work. Workers will gradually start returning to work, with almost 150,000 building workers expected to return this month. Safe Team health and safety consultant, Paul McLaughlin, says that when they do, employers will be responsible for taking steps to protect staff from the spread of coronavirus. He says: “Employers have a general duty to [...]

Employers in both Ireland and the UK have specific duties to ensure the safety, health and welfare of all workers – even when employees are working remotely. The outbreak of Covid-19 and the current campaign of self-isolation to stop it's spread has led to a huge increase in working from home. Employers are required to show the same duty of care for their employees when they are working off premises. This covers the provision of supervision, training, education and the implementation of sufficient control measures to protect the homeworker. The employer has liability for an accident or injury of a [...]

A leading employment law advice specialist is urging employers to take steps to minimise staffing issues related to the increased coronavirus threat in Ireland. Employers are already feeling the impact on international business travel and staff absence, following Northern Ireland’s first diagnosis of a case of Covid-19 in a person who entered the island from Italy via Dublin airport. HR Team Director, Breda Cullen, says her employment law advice firm has experienced a surge in the number of employers seeking advice on the matter. She said: “The coronavirus outbreak has sparked a wave of concern around what rights employees have regarding sick [...]

HR Team is seeking a health and safety consultant to join our expanding team of professionals. Position Details Contract Type: Contract for Services (on a Consultancy basis) As a Health and Safety Consultant, you will be responsible for ensuring that client organisations and its employees comply with safety legislation and that safety policies and practices are adopted and adhered to in the workplace. You will be required to complete health and safety evaluations of our client’s premises and a subsequent report. You will be responsible for devising health and safety policies, procedures and statements. Our clients include those in industries [...]