Benefits of Compliance Day

The number of duties placed on a business varies according to the activities and also the size of the organisation.

However, failure to comply can lead to prosecutions, fines and, in the most serious cases, imprisonment of individuals within a business.

Often employers know legislation exists but are simply unaware of what their duties are, however in many cases individuals managing businesses simply do not even know that legislation covering their activities exists.

As one of the leading Health and Safety Consultancies in the UK, Eurosafe UK have been assisting businesses with their compliance issues for over ten years.

During this period of time we have seen a considerable increase in the duties placed upon businesses with legislation constantly changing to demand a more risk assessment based approach to health and safety.

Most legislation is accompanied by Codes of Practice and Guidance Notes that require businesses to establish and implement testing regimes for their equipment, and training programs for their employees.

Understanding the legislation can be difficult but implementing the legal duties as a business can be even harder — that's why Compliance Day has been established.

It is very evident that many businesses have an extremely fragmented testing regime for plant and equipment that is used by their employees and customers on a daily basis.

For example a business may have portable electrical equipment tested on a regular basis but do not have their gas appliances serviced on an annual basis. Likewise, fire extinguishers may be regularly tested but the duty to re-inspect asbestos within their property is ignored.

Usually, the reasons for the failure of a business to comply with their legal duties are down to the fragmented nature of their existing procedures. The major problem is that to comply with their duties, a business has to appoint a wide range of specialists to undertake inspection and testing on their behalf. This means that numerous telephone calls, diary entries and appointments have to be made for each property. Obviously, such procedures are duplicated many times for owners of large property portfolios.

This is why Compliance Day has been established.