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Information to employees
Domain: Health and safety at work => Preventive measures
Grammatical category
Noun phrase
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Uncountable
Definition
Relevant knowledge imparted to employees in written or verbal form, such that they understand the risks and controls associated with their work, enabling them to carry it out in a healthy, safe and competent way.

Employer's duties Every employer shall provide his employees with comprehensible and relevant information on
1) the risks to their health and safety identified by the assessment;
2) the preventive and protective measures;
3) the procedures to be followed in the event of serious and imminent danger to persons at work in his undertaking;
4) the identity of those competent persons nominated by him to implement those procedures insofar as they relate to the evacuation from premises of persons at work in his undertaking;
5) the risks to their employees' health and safety arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking.
Definition source
Jones 2003; Reg. 9-11 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
European legislation
Directive 89/391/EEC
British legislation
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
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