The Department of Labour has updated their guidelines assisting business owners and managers to provide a safer work place for staff. If your business is one where robbery is a risk then we recommend you refer to these guidelines to develop clear policy and procedures to deter potential robbers and to minimise the effects of robbery on your staff. These guidelines were first developed in 2005 and have been updated this month to reflect best practice changes.
The Health & Safety in Employment Act 1992 outlines the employer’s duty to maintain a safe work place and places emphasis on the obligation on the Employer to develop procedures for dealing with emergencies that may arise in the workplace. It is possible that if an employer fails to protect staff from not only robbery in the work place but also the after affects of that robbery then the employer may be in breach of their legal obligations.
