Legal Protection

Cameron's must also obey certain laws, especially those on

• Equal opportunities
• Employment rights
• Data protection
• Health and safety

Health and Safety

Both Cameron Balloons and its workers have a duty to work in as safe and healthy a way as possible. The business has a responsibility to make sure that working conditions are safe and that rules are laid down for safe practices, while the workers have a duty to work safely and to follow safety rules where they are laid down.
The main piece of legislation is the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act. The major requirements of this Act are that both employers and employees act in as safe a way as possible in the workplace. The working environment must be safe and employers must provide all necessary safety clothing and equipment. All businesses with five or more employees must display a written safety policy - Cameron Balloons makes sure its health and safety policy can be easily seen by all of its employees.
The Act also set up the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which has inspectors who can check that premises are safe, and who also investigate any accidents that occur in the workplace.

You can find out more about Human Resources by trying the worksheet on Human Resources Management.