HSE admin burden 'costing £7.4m a year'

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is campaigning to cut down the administrative burden on businesses surrounding legislation on displaying health and safety information.

According to the agency, filling in and updating the required forms and posters costs businesses time and money which equates to around £7.4 million a year.

The body's Administrative Burden Measurement Exercise also found through anecdotal evidence that many posters and leaflets either do not have all of the information that an employee might require or are out-of-date.

Amendments to the regulations on health and safety information would reduce "an unproductive burden, whilst maintaining or improving employees' access to useful information".

The consultation is ongoing until August 11th and people are being asked to contribute their ideas based on the HSE's consultation document.

According to the HSE in Northern Ireland, the cost of work-related injuries, ill-health and non-injury accidents to businesses in the province is between £99.52 million and £370.28 million.

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