Thursday, February 7, 2013

Workplace Safety and Health -Inform Stakeholders About WSH Legal and Other Requirements

Inform stakeholders about WSH legal & other requirements in Singapore
WSH legal and other requirements applicable to the workplace

It is of paramount importance that any organization should know what are the WSH Regulations and other legal requirement applicable to their context for compliance and this is usually done through the compilation of a WSH legal register

The WSH legal register is a legal register that contain information on the legal obligations pertaining to a specific activity or product or service, as well as management information to assist with achieving the legal compliance

In short, a legal register should include:

List of legal and other requirements applicable to the organization
Organization activities, products, services for which the requirements apply
Indication of currency of the register, such as date of review

It is important that any organization identify the advisory resources for WSH legal and other requirements which are applicable to the organization because they are legal binding, meaning that the organization can be prosecuted or compounded for failure to comply with required applicable WSH legal and other legal requirements

Organization can seek out relevant applicable OH &S legislative or other requirements applicable to their context through the use of external sources such as

Internet
Libraries
Trade associations
Regulatory bodies
Legal services
OH &S institutes
OH&S consultants
Equipment manufacturers
Materials suppliers
contractors

When the WSH advisory resources have been identified, organization shall collect information relevant to their context, compile and document the legal register that list the applicable WSH legal requirements in accordance with the organizational procedures

Having identified the relevant WSH Regulations and other legal requirements, the organization need to include in it’s procedure on how it can access the legal or other requirement and also to ensure that it can identify any changes that affect the applicability of legal or other requirements relevant to it’s OH&S hazards.

Similarly the organization’s procedure needs to identify who should receive information on legal or other requirements, and ensure that relevant information is communicated to them

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