ompanied by the appropriate documentation. That is Risk Assessments, Method Statements and COSSH Assessments.

The large companies and SME’s generally have all these in place. How much of it their cleaners actually understand or even see is a debatable point. To many of them it is a paper exercise to meet the requirements of the law. The smaller cleaning operators in the majority of cases do not have it in place as a matter of course, it is often something they have ‘to do’ on th

Cleaning companies basically fall into three categories. Large national or multinational companies; small to medium sized companies who operate within well defined regions; and small cleaning companies operating within one single town and often run by husband and wife teams. The very large companies employ many hundreds if not thousands of staff. The SME’s may employ around 10 – 60 people and the very small ones are often reluctant to get involved with employing people at all and if they do their number can be counted on one hand. The majority of the employees regardless of the size of the company are of foreign origin with English being a second language, and generally will be on low pay.

Regardless of the size it is incumbent on all of the above to exercise a duty of care on all people that they employ. This duty of care means implementing all the relevant aspects of Health and Safety legislation applicable in the country of operation. Legislation on this issue is reasonably standardised across Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and The USA, obviously with variations, but the basis of legislation is very much the same. Consequently if you operate as an employer within any of these countries you should be putting into place All the Health and Safety procedures required by your legislation.

Cleaning companies are not an exception to this. In fact the cleaning industry runs second to the construction industry for accidents and injuries in the workplace. Therefore it is very important for the protection of your employees and members of the public they come across in their day to day activities that these cleaners;

1. Are made fully aware of all hazards in their job and how to avoid them.

2. Are given adequate training

3. Have access to understandable documentation

4. Have use of well maintained and safe equipment.

It is not sufficient to tell employees, all of the above must be accompanied by the appropriate documentation. That is Risk Assessments, Method Statements and COSSH Assessments.

The large companies and SME’s generally have all these in place. How much of it their cleaners actually understand or even see is a debatable point. To many of them it is a paper exercise to meet the requirements of the law. The smaller cleaning operators in the majority of cases do not have it in place as a matter of course, it is often something they have ‘to do’ on the

hey do their number can be counted on one hand. The majority of the employees regardless of the size of the company are of foreign origin with English being a second language, and generally will be on low pay.

Regardless of the size it is incumbent on all of the above to exercise a duty of care on all people that they employ. This duty of care means implementing all the relevant aspects of Health and Safety legislation applicable in the country of operation. Legislation on this issue is reasonably standardised across Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and The USA, obviously with variations, but the basis of legislation is very much the same. Consequently if you operate as an employer within any of these countries you should be putting into place All the Health and Safety procedures required by your legislation.

Cleaning companies are not an exception to this. In fact the cleaning industry runs second to the construction industry for accidents and injuries in the workplace. Therefore it is very important for the protection of your employees and members of the public they come across in their day to day activities that these cleaners;

1. Are made fully aware of all hazards in their job and how to avoid them.

2. Are given adequate training

3. Have access to understandable documentation

4. Have use of well maintained and safe equipment.

It is not sufficient to tell employees, all of the above must be accompanied by the appropriate documentation. That is Risk Assessments, Method Statements and COSSH Assessments.

The large companies and SME’s generally have all these in place. How much of it their cleaners actually understand or even see is a debatable point. To many of them it is a paper exercise to meet the requirements of the law. The smaller cleaning operators in the majority of cases do not have it in place as a matter of course, it is often something they have ‘to do’ on th

ssue is reasonably standardised across Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and The USA, obviously with variations, but the basis of legislation is very much the same. Consequently if you operate as an employer within any of these countries you should be putting into place All the Health and Safety procedures required by your legislation.

Cleaning companies are not an exception to this. In fact the cleaning industry runs second to the construction industry for accidents and injuries in the workplace. Therefore it is very important for the protection of your employees and members of the public they come across in their day to day activities that these cleaners;

1. Are made fully aware of all hazards in their job and how to avoid them.

2. Are given adequate training

3. Have access to understandable documentation

4. Have use of well maintained and safe equipment.

It is not sufficient to tell employees, all of the above must be accompanied by the appropriate documentation. That is Risk Assessments, Method Statements and COSSH Assessments.

The large companies and SME’s generally have all these in place. How much of it their cleaners actually understand or even see is a debatable point. To many of them it is a paper exercise to meet the requirements of the law. The smaller cleaning operators in the majority of cases do not have it in place as a matter of course, it is often something they have ‘to do’ on th

juries in the workplace. Therefore it is very important for the protection of your employees and members of the public they come across in their day to day activities that these cleaners;

1. Are made fully aware of all hazards in their job and how to avoid them.

2. Are given adequate training

3. Have access to understandable documentation

4. Have use of well maintained and safe equipment.

It is not sufficient to tell employees, all of the above must be accompanied by the appropriate documentation. That is Risk Assessments, Method Statements and COSSH Assessments.

The large companies and SME’s generally have all these in place. How much of it their cleaners actually understand or even see is a debatable point. To many of them it is a paper exercise to meet the requirements of the law. The smaller cleaning operators in the majority of cases do not have it in place as a matter of course, it is often something they have ‘to do’ on th

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