Read the latest updates from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Manual handling at work: guidance on the law: As an employer, you must protect your workers from the risks of manual handling injuries in the workplace. You can find help with preventing these sorts of risks in your workplace on the HSE’s manual handling at work webpages.
Easy read guides to support disabled workers: Easy read is a way of making written information easier to understand. It uses simple language, short sentences and clear images to help explain content. You can find the complete collection on the HSE website: Support disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions in work.
Guidance for self-employed workers: The HSE webpages for self-employed workers will help them understand when health and safety law applies to them and find the guidance they need. Find out more in their guidance for self-employed workers.