Health and safety law poster
A document that employers must display in the workplace to inform employees of their basic rights and responsibilities under health and safety law. Required in GB and Ireland; the OSHA equivalent is a different posting.
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UK HSE
“health and safety law poster”Exact equivalentThe Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/682), as amended by the Health and Safety Information for Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2009, require employers either to display an approved health and safety law poster or to provide each employee with the approved leaflet. The poster must be displayed in a readable condition in a place where it is easily seen by employees.
Irish HSA
“safety statement notice”Partial equivalentThe Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (section 20(4)) requires the safety statement to be brought to the attention of all employees and, where appropriate, relevant non-employees. The employer must post notices in the workplace. There is no single prescribed poster format equivalent to the GB approved health and safety law poster.
US OSHA
“Job Safety and Health poster”Close equivalentOSHA 29 CFR 1903.2 requires employers to display the official OSHA poster (OSHA 3165) in a conspicuous place where it can be seen by employees. The poster describes employee rights under the OSH Act including the right to request an inspection and the right to protection from retaliation.
Practitioner note: Display is not optional, and the approved version changes over time. The US equivalent is a separate OSHA posting, not a translation of the GB poster.