2 General duties of employers to their employees
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (1974 c 37) | Legislation

General duties

2  General duties of employers to their employees

(1)     It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees.

(2)     Without prejudice to the generality of an employer's duty under the preceding subsection, the matters to which that duty extends include in particular—

(a)     the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health;

(b)     arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances;

(c)     the provision

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