10th January 2006, 12:18 PM
Sorry kevin, I did not make myself clear. If the SCAUM document is used as the guidance on H&S matters on a commercial contract, then that cannot be a private or research use. Secondly, what is the legal standing of the document? Does the HSE recognise it, would a court recognise it if someone challenged the H&S provision on a site (perhaps following an incident)?
If it not the document used by an employer, and declared to be the standard used, and/or if it hads no legal non-optional standing, there is no point in trying to use it to challenge an employer's H&S provision.
If it is declared to be the standard, or is recognised by proper authorative bodies as being the defining standard, then yes, it should be available to staff by one means or another.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
If it not the document used by an employer, and declared to be the standard used, and/or if it hads no legal non-optional standing, there is no point in trying to use it to challenge an employer's H&S provision.
If it is declared to be the standard, or is recognised by proper authorative bodies as being the defining standard, then yes, it should be available to staff by one means or another.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.