Employees duties

Communications are essential to any business operation since the failure to communicate effectively can cut off vital business activities. Communications are needed to report emergencies, warn personnel of the danger, keep families and off-duty employees informed about what s happening at the facility, coordinate response actions, and keep in contact with customers and suppliers. 

Follow notification procedures. Notify employees families about the status of employees on the property. Notify off-duty employees about work status. Notify insurance carriers and appropriate government agencies. 

The finding of misappropriation is highly dependent upon the protection that the owner has given the trade secret, as weU as the notice provided to employees. That is, an employee has a duty of confidentiaHty to his employer for that information which is considered secret, but the employer must provide the employee fair notice of the confidential nature of the material. 

The employer s duty is to ensure that the exposure of employees to a hazardous substanee is prevented or, if this is not reasonably praetieable, adequately eontrolled. Duties under tlie Regulations... 

In the UK these duties are imposed by the Health and Safety at Work ete. Aet. Employees also have a legal responsibility to eooperate with management by using designated proteetive deviees and not interfering with sueh apparatus. 

Expert in the operations of equipment, not necessarily employees of the employer, and may perform temporary emergency response Examples crane or earth-moving equipment operations, or medical personnel whose typically duties do not include treating contaminated patients. 

Documenting training is important to ensure that a company can prove that the requirements have been met. Employers should train each affected employee assigned duties requiring the use of PPE on the following information ... 

Employers will need to select how many different emergency preparedness or third lines of defense they plan to have, develop the necessary emergency plans and procedures, appropriately train employees in their emergency duties and responsibilities, and then implement these lines of defense. 

A deseription of the employee s duties as they relate to the employee s exposure [OSHA Referenee. 120(f)(6)(i)]... 

The audit includes a review of the process safety information, inspection of the physical facilities, and interviews with all levels of plant personnel. Using the procedures and checklist, the team systematically analyzes compliance with the PSM Rule and any other relevant corporate policies. The training program is reviewed for adequacy of content, frequency and effectiveness of training. Interviews determine employee knowledge and awareness ofthe safety procedures, duties, rules, and emergency response assignments. The team identifies deficiencies in the application of safety and health policies, procedures, and work authorization practices to determine live actions. 

As stated in previous sections of this chapter, there exists at all times a statutory and common law duty on all employers (which includes all engineers) to maintain a safe working environment for all their employees and the public at large. Additionally, it is contractual obligation on the insured under liability insurance policies to maintain the best reasonable standards of working procedures, equipment and the environment at all times. Consequently, there is a duty on all engineers to conduct their... 

Employers have a duty under the 1974 Act to provide, as necessary, training and information to ensure that there is no risk to the health and safety of their employees. It may be found necessary to provide operators and maintenance employees with specific training to carry out certain processes or work tasks. 

While the overall policy responsibility for health and safety rests with senior managers, all employees within the organization, irrespective of their duties, have some degree of responsibility for carrying out the policy. Where appropriate, nominated persons with specific responsibilities for health and safety should be named with a summary of their responsibilities defined. It follows that there should be a procedure established whereby deputies are available during the nominated person s absences. 

Some plant and equipment are immediately classified as confined spaces, but extreme caution is necessary in the assessment of other areas. Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 requires employers to ensure the health and safety at work of their employees this duty is so far as is reasonably practicable. Therefore, as work in confined spaces is potentially dangerous this Section of the Act clearly requires employers to ensure that there is no risk to their employees when working in such an area. 

Section 2 General duties of employers to their employees... 

Section 4 General duties of persons concerned with premises to persons other than their employees. 

This guidance is split into three parts. It contains a statement of general policy based on your legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Then you can record your organisational responsibilities and your arrangements to ensure the health and safety of your employees. Notes are included alongside each section to help you. Some useful publications are listed in the notes and at the end of this guidance. 

It is the duty of the company to prepare a Major Accident Prevention Policy (MAPP). This will set out the policies for ensuring the safe operation of the plant and the protection of employees and the environment. It will include details of the safety management organisation that will implement the policy. 

It is further stated that any individuals who have an apparent illness or open lesions that could in any way affect the safety and quality of drugs shall be excluded from direct contact with the pharmaceutical products being prepared. It may be necessary to assign these individuals temporarily to other duties until they are in satisfactory health. It is imperative that the employees be instructed to report any of the foregoing conditions to their supervisors. The supervisory personnel have additional responsibility to ensure that this requirement is met. 

Locker facilities must be provided for the employees such that they can prepare themselves adequately for the duties to be performed in their specific work areas... 

API is not undertaking to meet the duties of employers, manufacturers, or suppliers to warn and properly train and equip their employees, and others exposed, concerning health and safety risks and precautions, nor undertaking their obligations under local, state, or federal laws. 

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