The date for phasing out the old Health and Safety Law Posters is fast approaching! Organisations have until the 05/04/2014 to move over to the new format.
Employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations (HSIER) to display the approved poster in a prominent position in each workplace or to provide each worker with a copy of the approved leaflet that outlines British health and safety law.
To help avoid an unnecessary burden on businesses, the HSE Board set a five-year transition period for replacing the 1999 poster and leaflet.
Note that employers will still be complying with the law if they continue to display the 1999 poster until April. However, where employers do keep the old poster, there will be a continuing duty to keep the additional written information up to date.
Copies of the posters and safety leaflets can be found here http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/lawposter.htm