What if I can’t afford Health & Safety?

There will often be a cost in terms of money, time, and effort in order to comply with legislation and create a safe working environment, but the costs of non-compliance are far greater. These costs include lost time, extra wages / overtime payments, sick pay, production delays / remedial work, damage to products, plant, buildings, tools, and equipment, fines and court costs due to criminal proceedings, excess on insurance claims, compensation claim payments, legal expenses, increase in Employers’ Liability Insurance premiums (or possible refusal of future insurance cover), not to mention damage to reputation, loss of contracts and future clients.