The disciplinary policy is aimed at ensuring that issues of misconduct are managed and dealt with in a fair and consistent manner. Provide a policy that promotes high standards of behavior and conduct for all employees and appropriate corrective action will be taken where those standards are not met.

Provide procedures regarding how to respond and actions to be taken in the event of an emergency. This includes who to call, where to report in the event of evacuation, and accounting for employees. Contractor should have detailed plans for things such as, but not limited to incidental and hazardous spills, fire, earthquake, threatening storms, etc.

Contractors must show employees are certified bi-annually in first aid, CPR and AED

HazCom is employee right to know as it relates to chemicals in the workplace. Provide a written program including how chemicals are managed for use and storage. Details on how and where chemicals will be stored, how they will be labeled, availability of safety data sheets, and employee training must be included. Programs must be updated to include Global Harmonized System (GHS).

Contractors must define how they identify hazards in the workplace. This could be through risk assessments, inspections, and accident or incident investigations. Also include, how corrective actions will be addressed and followed through to completion.

Provide procedures for reporting injuries, illness and near misses. Once these have been reported, what is the process for investigating and identifying the root cause and identify if there was an unsafe act or condition. Show how action items are tracked to completion.

In California, every employer is required by law to provide a safe and healthful workplace for his/her employees. If you have ten or more employees, you are required to have a written IIPP in place. The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) is a way to document how the company will reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. If you are not in California, provide a policy statement to show how you provide a safe and healthful work environment under the general duty clause.

One way to prevent injury at work is to wear proper personal protective gear. Provide a program or procedures on how hazards are identified and then how the proper equipment to protect against those hazards is selected. This should include contractor’s procedures for conducting PPE Assessments to determine the proper equipment for protecting the head, eyes, hands, feet and body.

Provide a policy on employee’s right to stop work if an unsafe work condition or act is observed.