The main pieces of relevant legislation are:

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Employers have a legal duty under this Act to ensure, so far as it reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of their employees.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Employers must consider the risks to employees (including the risk of reasonably foreseeable violence); decide how significant these risks are; decide what to do to prevent or control the risks; and develop a clear management plan to achieve this.

The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)

Employers must notify their enforcing authority in the event of an accident at work to any employee resulting in death, major injury, on incapacity for normal work for three or more days. This includes any act of non-consensual physical violence done to a person at work.

Violence at Work - HSE Statistics

There were 6,404 RIDDOR reported injuries caused by violence at work during the financial year 2006/07.  These reports comprise: 

4 fatal injuries 
932 major injuries 
5,468 non-major injuries that resulted in absence from work for at least three days.
Our courses can be delivered at your premises, anywhere throughout the UK. Alternatively, it can be arranged at our training facility in Andover (max 12 people).  If training is to take place outside of the Andover area, travelling expenses will be added to the cost.  These will be agreed in advance.  Also, if you do not have a suitable area for the training to take place, we can arrange one for your at additional cost, again agreed in advance.

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