Element 1 – Health and safety information

Element 1 – Health and safety information

 

 

Health and Safety Legislation eLearning Module

Learning Outcome

Outcome
Advise on the types of legislation likely to apply to your organisation and how enforcement actions could apply.
Understand the relevance of the International Labour Organization’s conventions and recommendations to the organisation.
Explain how non-governmental bodies and standards could influence health and safety in the organisation.

Assessment Criteria

Criteria
1.1 Outline how legislation can promote health and safety outcomes, ‘goal-setting’ and ‘prescriptive’ legislation, and possible compensatory mechanisms for loss events where there is a failure of the duty of care.
1.2 Outline the purpose of enforcement (including the principles of the enforcement policy statement).
1.3 Explain the role of the International Labour Organization and the status of relevant conventions and recommendations in a global health and safety setting.
1.4 Summarise the role of non-governmental bodies and self-regulation in securing common health and safety standards in a global economy.
1.5 Outline how and why third parties must be managed within the workplace.
1.6 Outline the role of insurers in health and safety.

Module Content

Section Description Page
1.1 – Socio-legal models Role, function and limitations of legislation as a means of promoting positive health and safety outcomes 3
Legal models and the legal hierarchy of state and federal laws 4
Loss events in terms of failures in the duty of care to protect individuals and compensatory mechanisms that may be available to them 6
1.2 – Enforcement Purpose of enforcement 9
Principles of enforcement 9
1.3 – The International Labour Organization and its conventions and recommendations The role of the United Nations 11
The roles and responsibilities of ‘international governments’, ‘enterprises’ and ‘workers’ 13
International conventions as a basis for setting national systems of health and safety legislation 24
1.4 – Non-governmental bodies and health and safety standards Relevant influential parties and their role in influencing health and safety performance 25
Importance of print, broadcast and social media in a global economy and their role in changing attitudes to health and safety 27
The benefits of schemes which promote co-operation on health and safety between different companies 28
The possible adverse effects on business’s reputation due to stakeholder reaction to health and safety concerns 29
An organisation’s moral obligations to raise standards of health and safety within their supply chains 30
Self-regulation and the role and function of corporate governance in a system of self-regulation 31
How internal rules and procedures regulate health and safety performance 32
1.5 – Third party control Identification of third parties 33
Reasons for ensuring third parties are covered by health and safety management systems 34
Basic duties owed to and by third parties 35
Internal rules and procedures 36
Responsibilities for control of risks 39
Requirements to provide information to third parties 40
Review of contractor performance 40
1.6 – Insurers How insurers can influence organisational health and safety 41
Role of loss adjusters and claims handlers 41