Self-employed: Health and Safety
(asked on 22nd January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the application of health and safety legislation to those who work freelance and as contractors.
Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 29th January 2024
Under health and safety law, employers have a responsibility to protect workers and others from risk to their health and safety, including those who work freelance or as contractors.