New service to slash health and safety costs

Human resources staff will be able to conduct their own professional risk assessments with the assistance of a new service, launched today, which will help them to ensure their business is compliant with health and safety legislation.

The new Health & Safety Service from Associa could save businesses thousands of pounds each year by removing the need to employ expensive consultants.

Instead, the Associa service will supply businesses with a comprehensive manual designed to provide guidance through health and safety legislation in a logical and easy-to-follow way. Its simple format provides a step-by-step approach so that businesses can work towards compliance with the latest legislation.

Human resources staff will also be able to call a helpline staffed by professional health and safety advisers to get individual advice and reassurance.

Liz Bunting, legal adviser, Associa, said:

ìMost small businesses recognise the importance of health and safety within the workplace. After all, failing to comply with health and safety legislation can lead to heavy fines and in some cases imprisonment, but ensuring compliance is not easy.

ìWe believe this new service offers businesses a real breakthrough in how to manage health and safety using their existing staff rather than having to outsource more complicated tasks, such as risk assessments, to expensive external consultants.

Businesses subscribing to Associa’s new service will have at their fingertips access to key legal documents, including COSHH forms for controlling exposure to hazardous substances and general risk assessment forms for logging all completed risk assessments ñ a necessity for firms with more than five employees and good practice for smaller firms.

Associa’s Health & Safety Service can be paid for in a variety of ways and operates a flexible payment scheme over a number of months for customers.

Any organisations wanting to know more about their health and safety obligations should speak to Associa Health & Safety Service to find out how its team of legal experts can help on 0870 264 1122 (calls may be monitored or recorded) or log on to the Associa Health & Safety Service web-site.