You will now be aware of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) that came into effect on 4 April.

It is important that all services are well informed about the HSWA. To assist you, we have developed a guide for early learning services that provides an overview of the HSWA and will help you understand and meet the requirements of the legislation.

The guide contains a number of tools and templates that you can modify and use. It is available on our Health and Safety webspace.

We have also developed a modifiable PowerPoint presentation with speaking notes to help you and your community understand the requirements of the HSWA.

The PowerPoint presentation is available in the Leadership section of our Health and Safety webspace.

We are reviewing the licensing and certification criteria to ensure consistency with the requirements of the HSWA. Any criteria changes will be announced in a future Bulletin.