Secondment
Understanding the Arrangements

Under Health and Safety law these arrangements must be in writing for companies with 5 or more employees. The agreements used to formally second staff (e.g. the loan out agreement) require that the written information is provided to BBC staff - regardless of the size of company.

 

This may include, but not be limited to, the Health and Safety policy. We should establish that the organisation is carrying out risk assessments but we do not need not see them. We should, however, establish that BBC staff who are working with them know what arrangements are put in place for specific activities i.e. they know what controls there are.

 

So staff will know that the organisation has responsibility for safety, will assess and control risks and will communicate that information. Any concerns about safety should addressed by the organisation. However, if the issues cannot be resolved BBC staff should discuss any concerns with their BBC line manager.