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Workplace guidance

Information and guidance on legislation and best practice in the workplace

Workplace guidance - Healthy Working Lives services

An update on the services provided by Healthy Working Lives

Workplace guidance - Health board health at work contacts

Health at work contacts within Scotland's health boards

Workplace guidance - Managing health and safety

Find out about the basic elements you have to have in place to manage health and safety in your organisation

Workplace guidance - Safety

How to control common safety concerns such as fire, gas, electricity and working at height

Workplace guidance - Risk assessment

What you need to know about carrying out a risk assessment in your organisation

Workplace guidance - Health risks

Find out about common health risks such as noise and vibration and how to control them

Workplace guidance - Supporting a mentally healthy workplace

As an employer of any size it's vital for you to support your workers' mental health and wellbeing.

Workplace guidance - Ill health and absence

How to record and support staff attendance in your organisation

Workplace guidance - Health improvement

Encourage and support your employees to be healthier

Workplace guidance - Fair treatment

How to meet your legal requirements and treat employees fairly and equally

Workplace guidance - Vehicles and driving for work

What you need to know about vehicles used at work and ensuring that your workers and members of the public are safe

Workplace guidance - Violence and aggression in the workplace

How to identify and manage violence and aggression risks in the workplace