Health and Safety Bulletin – Feb 2023
Health & Safety Law Poster
If you employ anyone, the law says you must display an approved version of the Health and Safety Law poster or provide each worker with a copy of the equivalent leaflet.
You must display the poster in a prominent position in each workplace location where your workers can easily read it. You can’t print a copy of the poster yourself.
We are aware of suppliers selling fake versions online that haven’t been approved. Only HSE can approve a version of the health and safety law poster. The current version of the law poster includes enhanced security features and is more durable. These include;
Embossing and optical variable ink
• Optical variable ink: on the bottom section of the poster there is optical variable ink for the word ‘valid’ that changes colour at different angles
• Embossed roundel: around the word ‘valid’
Hologram
• Image flip: between the HSE Logo and the word ‘valid’
• Surface relief: HSE on the hologram looks 3D
Other features include:
• Rounded corners
• Printed on recyclable PP5 material 2009 version
• Each copy of the 2009 poster incorporates a unique, serially numbered hologram in the bottom right
Both the 2009 version and 2018 reprint are valid. If you have the 2009 version of the law poster, there is no legal requirement to buy the 2018 reprint with added security as the content has not changed.
Once you have checked your poster is approved check that the contact details are present and correct in the contacts section at the bottom.
If you would like help in implementing or further advice this, please get in touch
The health and safety law poster (hse.gov.uk)
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