Cache level 3 unit four - explain how strategies to establish and maintain healthy, safe and secure environments in early years settings are supported by legislation

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Unit Four

Task one E1 & D1: explain how strategies to establish and maintain healthy, safe and secure environments in early years settings are supported by legislation

* Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

* Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995

All employers have legal responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Employers must meet certain rules to make sure everyone in that place of work is safe. It also means employees have to be careful that there are no risks of injury to anyone. In a childcare setting the Health and Safety Act states "buildings should be in good condition and designed with the safety of users in mind, buildings and surroundings should be clean and safe and equipment must be safely used and stored." As practitoners, everyone in the childcare setting must know what their health and safety policies in their settings are.

This act helps maintain healthy, safe and secure environments as it safeguards both the children and the adults working with them, this is done as the employers and employees have to ensure the workplace is safe and appropriate information such as training and