8 things you might not know about your welfare responsibilities

Under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, as an employer, as far as is ‘reasonably practicable’, you’re required to provide your employees with certain welfare facilities, like toilets, changing rooms and drinking water, for example.

When we say ‘reasonably practicable’, we mean unless it’s demonstrably awkward due to things like time, trouble, cost and physical difficulty. When establishing if something is reasonably practicable, you should sensibly use your judgement in terms of how much you would truly have to go out of your way.