What is a Health and Safety Policy?
Every business is different, which is why your health and safety policy should be. A health and safety policy is much more than a one-pager with the managing director’s signature at the bottom and pinned to the noticeboard where no one reads it apart from your H&S auditors. The word policy derives from the work Politia and means a good way of management, and that is what your business policy should say about your organisation 1. How you manage Health and Safety, and 2. how you will manage it well. A Health and Safety policy is a documented statement that outlines an organisation’s commitment to creating and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment. It establishes an organisation’s principles, objectives, and health and safety management responsibilities.
