A unique and fully comprehensive information guide, to help you improve health and safety practices in your workplace. With easy to use reference sections for most types of business.

Essentials should help you prevent accidents and comply with the law without major disruption or expense. Straightforward advice from the most authoritative source in the country.

HSE’s best selling title has been updated and revised for 2006.

• packed with useful information covering the whole range of workplace hazards
• expanded to include slips and trips, work at height, contractors and agency workers, and general fire safety.
• new sections on stress, rehabilitation and sickness absence
• a focus on special groups – young people, disabled people, language provision for non-English speakers, new and expectant mothers, lone and mobile workers
• now contains an easy-to-use subject index.