Health and Safety Wall Charts must be displayed in the workplace, according the law. Health and Safety charts are legal posters with a summary of various Acts. These wall charts inform employees about health and safety requirements in the workplaces and their basic rights. This is a health and safety compliance condition that all workplaces must meet.
There are various types of Health and Safety Wall Charts.
It is employers' responsibility to display such wall charts in the workplace. While some health and safety wall charts are optional, others are compulsory. Employers are not obliged by law to display all of them but at least those that are relevant to their businesses and those that are compulsory by law. Employers must ensure they become health and safety compliant by having and displaying the right wall charts.
The two compulsory Health and Safety Wall Charts are:
1) Summary of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act
All employers are required to display employee's rights in the workplace and such legal posters must be in the legally compliant prescribed form. This is stipulated in section 30 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. The health and safety wall charts must be displayed in an official language spoken and understood by employees.
2) Summary of the Employment Equity Act
The summary of this Act must be displayed in the workplace according to section 25 (1) of te same Act.
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Other examples of health and safety wall charts required by law to be displayed in various workplaces include:
- Summary of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993.
A copy of the Act and readily available relevant regulations must be present in a workplace as soon as employers have five or more persons in their employment. Even if the number of employees is less than five, employers must be able to produce a copy of the Act (not a summary of the health and safety Act wall chart) and give it to the employee if the employee request for it. Click to download your Free Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 book. - Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act - Click to download your Free copy of the COIDA Act E-Book.
- Skills Development
- Tobacco Products Control Act
For companies that make use of machinery, they may be required to display certain wall charts according to the General Machinery Regulations. There are many other health and safety wall charts that employers are expected to display in their workplaces depending on the nature of their businesses. There are those that are not a legal requirement but just good practice.
Employers are required to display Health and Safety wall charts where employees can see them more frequently and remain aware of the importance of the content. Employers are advised to desist from trying to draft their own summaries of the wall charts lest they come up with non-compliant end results. Employers who fail to meet compliance standards of displaying relevant health and safety wall charts may face heavy fines from the Department of Employment and Labour.
Employers are encouraged to source the copies of all Labour Acts and Health and safety wall charts from the Government Printers or directly from the Department of Employment and Labour. This will be a guarantee that employers only buy and display legally compliant wall charts. They then will have nothing to worry about when the DoEL arrives for inspection at their premises. Posters can be purchased from My Safety Shop by clicking on the picture below:
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Comments (14)
Please quote me on the following chart : Basis Condition of Employment Act Employment Equity Act Labour Relations Act Summary and Occupational Health and Safety Act My email activeblue222@gmail.com
2021-05-24 05:33:14Please quote me on the following chart : Basis Condition of Employment Act Employment Equity Act Labour Relations Act Summary and Occupational Health and Safety Act
2023-01-17 16:33:46Good day Please may i have a quote on the following posters: BAS001 - Basic Conditions of Employment A1 Laminated Poster EMP001 - Employment Equity Act - A1 OHS001 - Occupational Health and Safety Poster - A1 COI001 - COID Act - A1 1 TOB001 - The Tobacco Act - A1 LAB001 - Labour Relations Act - A1 POP001 - POPI Act - A1 SKI001 - Skills and Development Levy Poster - A1 Please email dr.neetadooken@gmail.com Thank you Regards Kashmita Singh Tel: 031-5057512 {Durban}
2022-06-24 14:52:55Good day please assist me with a quotation on these the 5 charts conditions of employment(BCEAIA)and employment equity act summary,occupational health and safety act summary,labour relations act summary and COID act Summary.price and delivery period. Can I come fetch them tomorrow
2021-02-09 21:28:17Hi Please quote me on three wall chart Basic Conditions, Employment equity and OHS Act
2022-07-15 13:07:34I would like to purchase an A1 laminated summary of the basic conditions of employment act. Please advise.
2019-09-30 15:04:24hi i am based in umgababa south of Durban, i am looking for schedule d chart and colour coding chart. do you have a supplier in this area?
2023-10-24 21:00:30Dear Sithombe Thank you for your request via our comments... We have an e-commerce online shop, select the items you need and proceed to place the order, we deliver to you: https://www.mysafetyshop.co.za/Shop/Category/Health-and-Safety-Poster
2023-10-25 08:30:15Good day Kindly assist me with a quotation of the following A1 laminated wall charts: 1. Construction regulation 2. BCEA 3. OHS Act I am in Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape. Thank you Pumelela Xoseni
2021-03-14 15:02:06Good day, Do you sell digital PDF to customers for the OHS Act, Labour etc, if so what is the price? Thank you and safe regards Chantal
2022-10-07 07:29:44Good day Please assist me with a quote on the following: - OHS Act of 1993 Regulation - Compensation for occupational injuries and Disease Act - Labour's Relation Act 66 of 1995 - Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997. Thank you very much
2021-09-20 13:23:44Good Day, Will you please send me a quote on the following A1 posters laminated please. - Basic Conditions of Employment - Occupational Health & Safety Act - Labor Relations Act - Employee Equality You can send the quote to the following E mail: maryke@mpuprinters.co.za Kind Regards, Maryke Maree MPU Printers 013 235 2602
2018-05-11 15:19:46Good day please assist me with a quotation on these the 5 charts conditions of employment(BCEAIA)and employment equity act summary,occupational health and safety act summary,labour relations act summary and COID act Summary.price and delivery period.
2019-03-06 21:51:01Please quote me on: Basis Condition of Employment Act Employment Equity Act Labour Relations Act Summary of Occupational Health and Safety Act
2019-05-07 09:41:33Please help me. I'm a operational manager at a public sector clinic and need the poster on 1) Summary of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. We are 10 institutions with out this. What is the price.
2021-05-11 14:39:08Good day, I am looking for the updated Wall Chart for the Health And Safety updated act - thus looking for a quote
2021-01-18 13:24:49