Health and safety compliance

Health and safety legislation imposes considerable responsibilities upon employers, and the consequences for ignoring them include unlimited fines and imprisonment for company directors.

If you employ more than five people you must have a written health and safety policy statement, and you must also carry out risk assessments.

We provide as part of all our services for employers:

• a suitable written health and safety policy statement;
• checklists and forms to perform and record your own risk assessments;
• written guidance about health and safety law;

Our legal expenses insurance policy includes protection from the costs of defending criminal prosecutions under health and safety law.