Health and safety in the workplace - Regulations and inspections

If you intend to employ any person, or persons, to work in shop or office premises in Brent, as the employer you are required by Section 49 of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 and the Notification of Employment of Persons Order 1964, to register with the council. You can register online or download our printable form.

• Employer registration - your duties
• Occupational health
• Health and safety inspections - a guide for businesses
• Leaflets and guidance
• The smoking ban
• Construction site regulations
• Risk Assessment
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Employers have a legal duty to display a safety poster in a prominent position in each workplace. Order your poster online or contact the HSE or HMSO

Specific dangers
If you have asbestos containing materials in your work place in areas such as your roofs, walls, boilers and pipework you are required to manage its presence and condition and contact us if the asbestos is worked on or removed.

Workplaces that require the use of cooling towers or evaporative condensers in their work activity are required to ensure effective maintenance of plant and systems is undertaken to prevent the spread of legionella bacteria and register your cooling tower online.

The London Fire Brigade enforces fire safety and facilitates petroleum licensing.