Health and Safety at Work

Environmental Health staff based within the Consumer Protection Division are responsible for the enforcement of health and safety in a range of non-manufacturing premises such as: retail shops, offices, warehouses, tyre and exhaust premises, restaurants, hotels, hairdressers, cinemas and other places of entertainment.
The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for higher risk premises such a manufacturers and construction and demolition sites. For more information see the HSE website (link can be found below).

We seek to ensure that all employers and self-employed persons understand their responsibilities and comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act and related regulations and guidance. Our work covers the following:

• Health and Safety Inspections
• Health and Safety Enforcement
• Health and Safety Complaints
• Health and Safety Training

For further general information concerning workplace health and safety, view our range of Advice Leaflets (link to the left of this page).

If you have a specific query, please contact us using the details to the right of this page.

Article		Description
	Health and Safety Complaints	Information for employees or members of the public wishing to complain about health and safety in their workplace or a retail shop / place of entertainment. Please note some higher risk premises may be enforced by the Health and Safety Executive
	Health and Safety Enforcement	For information of the approach taken by the council in the event of health and safety contraventions being noted during an inspection visit
	Health and Safety Inspections	For information concerning how health and safety inspections are prioritised, programmed and the aspects of a business that come under scrutiny

External Links

Reading Borough Council does not necessarily endorse or recommend any of the links or services below. Please note: when you follow these links you will leave this site.

Link	Description
HSE	Official website for the Health and Safety Executive
Berkshire Health and Safety Liaison Group	A partnership made up of Environmental Health Officers from Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, West Berkshire and Wokingham Councils