- Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, there is a duty on employees to wear PPE provided. Where this is not being adhered to, you should ask the employees why the PPE is not being worn in case there is a genuine difficulty being encountered by the wearer.
- Employers could consider including persistent non wearing of PPE into their disciplinary procedures.
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Modified on: Fri, 2 Jun, 2017 at 10:27 AM
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