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Your employer's duties to ensure your workplace is safe, including accidents, hazards, occupational health and stress. Also includes employee's responsibilities.

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Health and safety at work

Links to useful pages on health and safety issues at work.
https://www.gov.uk/browse/employing-people/health-safety
GOV.UK
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Health and safety law - what you should know (PDF)

Your health, safety and welfare at work are protected by law. This leaflet is a brief guide to health and safety law. It does not describe the law but does list the key points.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/law.pdf
Health and Safety Executive
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Young people at work

Links to information about the responsibilities of employers when they employ a young person under the age of 18, whether for work, work experience, or as an apprentice.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/youngpeople/index.htm
Health and Safety Executive
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Workers' health and safety

Information on workers' rights and responsibilities. Answers questions such as are you covered by health and safety laws, and what can you do if you think your workplace is unsafe.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/workers/
Health and Safety Executive
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Health and safety law

Covers your rights and responsibilities, workplace safety, hazards at work, accidents, incidents and injuries.

https://worksmart.org.uk/work-rights/health-and-safety
WorkSMART - TUC
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Accidents at work (PDF)

Information on the responsibility of employers to maintain a safe workplace and what to do if you have issues with health and safety at work.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/health-and-safety-at-work/accidents-at-wo...
Citizens Advice
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Stress at work - summary of the law (PDF)

Explains that employers have a responsibility to prevent their staff from suffering from stress as a result of their work, as part of their duty to provide a safe working environment. Covers how it may be possible to pursue a case against your employer.

https://www.thompsonstradeunion.law/media/1173/stress-a-summary-of-the-law-thomp...
Thompsons Solicitors
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What is whistleblowing?

Information about whistleblowing and the Public Interest Disclosure Act. Also explains where to get free, confidential legal advice to help you decide whether and if so how to raise a concern about a danger or illegality that you have witnessed at work.

http://www.pcaw.org.uk/individual-advice/faqs/faq-answers#q1
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Blowing the whistle: list of prescribed people and bodies

If you decide to blow the whistle to a prescribed person rather than your employer, you must make sure that you have chosen the correct person or body for your issue.
Information about the prescribed persons and bodies who you can make a disclosure to. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/blowing-the-whistle-list-of-prescribe...
GOV.UK
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