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of the most serious HR Management accountabilities is Health
& Safety . It is estimated by the Health & Safety Executive that
in the UK about 500 people are killed at work every year and several hundred thousand
more are injured or suffer ill-health. It is also estimated that, apart from the
pain and misery caused to those directly or indirectly involved, the total cost
to British employers of work-related injury and illness exceeds £4
billion a year.
The achievement of good health & safety
HR management working practices and the elimination to the maximum extent
possible of hazards are the responsibility of everyone involved with what the
organisation does and produces, however, the onus is on HR management to achieve
and go beyond the high standards of health and safety as required by legislation,
regulations and codes of practices.
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