The health and safety Act was put in place to help combat workplace related accidents/incidents; with the end goal being to ensure the health and safety of its employees. Using the Hierarchy of control Businesses have successfully eliminated many hazards or have downgraded the risks associated with them.
SMOKING IS NOT A NECESSITY!, and by permitting smoking, employers are not ensuring the well-being of their employees; they are in-fact putting their lives at risk. Thus failing to follow a key guideline within the act “Employees must ensure the health & safety of their employees.”
Take a forklift for example; A forklift has become a necessity for most businesses to move stock either around the workplace or to load up trucks. So Elimination
SMOKING IS NOT A NECESSITY!, and by permitting smoking, employers are not ensuring the well-being of their employees; they are in-fact putting their lives at risk. Thus failing to follow a key guideline within the act “Employees must ensure the health & safety of their employees.”
Take a forklift for example; A forklift has become a necessity for most businesses to move stock either around the workplace or to load up trucks. So Elimination