COVID-19 and employer responsibilities
Employers must identify whether there is a risk to health of employees from exposure to coronavirus at their workplace. Where a risk to health is identified at a workplace, employers must, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate or reduce the risk.
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Recycling construction and demolition material
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Safe work method statements (SWMS)
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