Risk Assessment


What you must do You must manage the health and safety risks in your workplace.


To do this you need to think about what, in your business, might cause harm to people and decide whether you are doing enough to prevent that harm. This is known as a risk assessment.


Once you have identified the risks, you need to decide how to control them and put the appropriate measures in place


What you should know


A risk assessment is an important step that will help you to protect your workers and your business, as well as complying with the law. It helps you to focus on the risks that really matter in your workplace – the ones with the potential to cause real harm. In many instances, straightforward measures can readily control risks, eg ensuring spillages are cleaned up promptly so people do not slip, and cupboard drawers kept closed to ensure people do not trip. For most, that means simple, cheap and effective measures to ensure your most valuable asset – your workforce – is protected.


The law does not expect you to eliminate all risk, but you are required to protect people ‘as far as reasonably practicable’. More information about risk assessment is available at the Health and safety made simple: www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/manage.htm


Example risk assessments for the cleaning industry • General office cleaning • Cleaning large retail premises.


Available from the HSE website – www.hse.gov.uk/cleaning/topics/risk-assessment.htm


Also, industry specific documents available from the FWC website – members only page – you will need your login details for this.


Automatic Enrolment for Employers Automatic enrolment for employers


The law on workplace pensions has changed. Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it. This is called ‘automatic enrolment’.


Whether you’re a hairdresser, an architect or employ a personal care assistant, if you employ at least one person you are an employer and you have certain legal duties.


What happens if I don’t comply?


There are certain legal duties you must meet for automatic enrolment. If you don’t comply with your duties, we may take enforcement action. • You, the employer, are responsible for meeting your legal duties for automatic enrolment.


• If you don’t comply, you may face enforcement action including compliance notices, and penalty notices (fines).


• If you receive a penalty notice, you can pay your fine online. • If you comply late, we expect you to pay back any missed contributions to put staff in the position they would have been in if you had complied on time; this would include backdating contributions to your staging date.


• We expect that you inform staff that they have the option to backdate their own contributions to your staging date.


• If you don’t pay your fine, we can recover the debt through the courts.


For more information visit the Pensions Regulator website at: www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/employers


FWC Logo


The Membership logo as displayed above with the word MEMBER beneath it is for registered members use only.


Displaying the FWC membership Logo on your website, vehicle or stationery implies that your company is affiliated / registered with the FWC.


Falsely displaying such a logo could be in breach of Trading Standards under “misleading marketing” regulations.


Please help to eliminate misuse of the FWC Membership logo by notifying the FWC of anyone you think we need to check out.


Please contact the federation office on 0161432 8754 if you would like a copy of the MEMBER logo which is available in jpeg or eps or you can download this from the members only page of our website www.f-w-c.co.uk/login.htm.


Website Facilities & Member referral service


The FWC website facility; “find a window cleaner” receives many customer enquiries for registered member services. “FWC standard procedure for giving out member’s company details is to select 3-4 members closest to the enquirer for domestic – who in turn select their preferred choice. For commercial tenders etc. we supply all paid-up and insured members in the area requested. Note: this search is soon to be automated.


Members-only Page


The members’ area of the website offers Safety guidance documents in PDF format for downloading... in addition to other useful information.


www.vistalcleaningproducts.co.uk/tradeoffer


You will need your login details to gain access to this page – www.f-w-c.co.uk/checklogin.php


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