Safety Responsibilities of Employers

Overview

Learn more about the different types of responsibilities employers have to maintain the safety of their employees and the public. This course is ideal for intermediate learners.

Introdcution

Employers have responsibilities to the people who work for them. If they do not take these responsibilities seriously, then it can have a bad effect on the services or on an individual.
What’s the difference between an employee and an employer?
· An employee is a person employed for wages or salary

· An employer is the person or company who employs others and pays them

Here are a few examples of the responsibilities that employers have:
·       To provide safe working environments for all employees
·       To provide adequate training
·       To provide any necessary safety equipment or work wear

· To enable whistleblowing

You will learn

The different types of responsibilities that employers in the public service have
Why it is important that the employers in the public have responsibilities and how they maintain these
Safe working environment
Whistleblowing

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