Why is health and safety training important?

By having an effective health and safety training program both the employees and employer benefit equally.

Employees have a safer working environment which in turn can help reduce the number of illnesses and accidents.

Employers has a reduction in lost days due to work related injury absence.

The combination of these two factors helps make for a more productive working environment.

Not forgetting keeping the company on the right side of legislation!

As well as preventing death, injury and ill-health, health and safety training is important as it can help employers:

• reduce risk and business costs

• reduce employee turnover

• reduce employee absences

• reduce accidents

• reduce threat of legal action

• Improve employee motivation

• Improve employee health and wellbeing

• ensure staff are have adequate training

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