HEALTH & SAFETY

Arc People & Talent considers Health and Safety to be a priority for all those that have connecting workstreams with us. 

As a preventive measure, a risk assessment is carried out for every role that a permanent or flexible employee is requested to perform. This forms a part of our supplier relationship and aligns our approach from the very beginning.

We adopt a proactive approach to health and safety and work closely with both our business clients and workers to ensure compliance at all times.

Our Policy for Health and Safety is set out below.

HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY

Introduction

Arc People & Talent will ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of all our workers, including contractors working under our control (Contractor Workers), employees of ARTISAN REPAIR CONCEPTS LTD. (Employees / Workers / Associates), visitors to our premises and all other persons who may be affected by our undertakings. Arc People & Talent recognises and is committed to complying with its legal responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, subsequent Regulations made under the Act and other requirements to which Arc People & Talent subscribes that relate to health and safety hazards.

Responsibilities

Whilst Arc People & Talent recognises its duties and responsibilities to all its Workers, our Workers provisioned as Contractors, are placed with client businesses to carry out work that is specialist to their field. Once placed in a client's workplace, our provisioned Workers are under the direct control and supervision of that client.

As Arc People & Talent are not in control of these workplaces, any undertakings in which our Contractor Workers are placed, will be the day to day workplace Health & Safety responsibility of the Client.

In advance of any services being provided, it is the responsibility of the Client to provide transparency on both existing and potential future Health & Safety considerations and to work closely with Arc People & Talent to create the suitable ‘Onboarding pack’. This pack will be used to communicate Health & Safety expectations to Contractor Workers and also extend to direct Workers, Employees and Associates that may support any onboarding activities.

Arc People & Talent

• will ensure adequate resources are made available to enable compliance with our legal obligations under health and safety legislation and regulation.

• recognise Contractor Workers may be deployed on contractual work at various locations and it is a condition of their engagement that in addition to this policy, they will comply with all Health and Safety requirements of client companies. Any breach by either Contractor Worker, or Client may result in termination or services.

• are committed to identifying the hazards to workers and interested parties affected by the work, and ensure risks identified are adequately mitigated or reduced. The Client must provision Health & Safety documentation prior to Contractor Workers beginning working services and ensure that any specialist training, specific to the role that requires fulfilment, that is equally available to those already employed to carry out similar working roles by the Client. Should this training not exist, the Client must provision a full risk assessment ‘specific to role’ prior to taking on a Contractor to ensure that adequate health and safety has been qualified.

• will consult with workers on health and safety issues which may affect their wellbeing and give them any necessary information, instruction and training.

• will brief, and where possible train, Workers in specific aspects of health and safety if agreed with the Client. These will be assessed when agreeing the service provision with the Client and specialist information made available.

• shall recruit workers who are competent to do their work and will provide/secure adequate and appropriate training where the need is identified.

• will encourage Workers to participate in the process of identifying hazards and developing controls and the management system.

• senior management will ensure any workers reporting hazards, risks and opportunities for health and safety improvement are not penalised in any way for doing so.

• will ensure (via review) that healthy and safe working conditions, including the provision of safe plant and equipment are suitable.

• recognise the need for full and ongoing cooperation in matters of health and safety with all clients, undertakings and other client businesses where we place Contractual Workers. Arc People & Talent, may access the Clients property or workplace to specifically assess concern related to Health & Safety when required.

• are committed to the prevention of injury and work-related ill health, which will be achieved through the review of a Clients Occupational Health & Safety.

• will work with the Client to ensure the safe transport, storage and handling of substances has been provisioned.

• Will review and revise the policy at regular intervals or as necessary to ensure that it remains relevant and appropriate to Arc People & Talent.

Clients

• will ensure adequate resources are made available to Arc People & Talent to enable compliance with the legal obligations under health and safety legislation and regulation.

• The Client must provision Health & Safety documentation prior to Contractor Workers beginning working services and ensure that any specialist training, specific to the role that requires fulfilment, that is equally available to those already employed to carry out similar working roles by the Client. Should this training not exist, the Client must provision a full risk assessment ‘specific to role’ prior to taking on a Contractor to ensure that adequate health and safety has been qualified.

• will consult with both Arc People & Talent & Contractual Workers on health and safety issues which may affect their wellbeing and give them any necessary information, instruction and training that has been identified as required before any Worker or Associate of Arc People & Talent attends the Clients working site.

• will brief, and where possible train, Workers in specific aspects of health and safety if agreed with the Arc People & Talent. This will be assessed when agreeing the service provision and at which point the Client makes specialist information available.

• will encourage Workers to participate in the process of identifying hazards and developing controls and the management system.

• Clients will ensure that any Workers reporting hazards, risks and opportunities for health and safety improvement are not penalised in any way for doing so.

• will ultimately ensure healthy and safe working conditions, including the provision of safe plant and equipment, where applicable.

• recognise the need for full and ongoing cooperation in matters of health and safety with all clients, undertakings and other client businesses where we place Contractual Workers. The Client gives permission for Arc People & Talent Senior Managers and Associates to access the Clients property or workplace to specifically assess concern related to Health & Safety when required.

• are committed to the prevention of injury and work-related ill health, which will be achieved through the review of a Clients Occupational Health & Safety and made available to Arc People & Talent.

• will ultimately ensure the safe transport, storage and handling of substances has been provisioned.

• the Client (company) shall provide adequate and competent supervision to both Contractual Workers and Associates for Arc People & Talent during any company activities which involve identified risks.

• Will chaperone any Arc People & Talent Worker or Associate during any visits at the Clients site and supervise safe access and egress.

• the Client will identify if Workers are adequately trained, to the extent that their job function demands it, in health and safety at work, safe working practices and related topics. The Client will raise a concern with Arc People & Talent immediately if this cannot be remedied by the Client in the first instance.

The Director(s) of Arc People & Talent are responsible for ensuring the implementation of this policy. Directors, Senior, Middle, First Line managers, Subject Matter Experts, carry the prime responsibility for safe operations and activities within their control. This will be achieved with the assistance and guidance of the person responsible for providing competent advice.

Disclaimer

This policy is meant to provide general guidelines that outlines expectations of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people with the primary objective to safeguard all those that engage and interact with Arc People & Talent. It should be used as a reference and may not take into account all laws. Therefore not a legal document and Arc People & Talent will not assume any legal liability that may arise from the use of this policy.

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