Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 8 February 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the implications for health and safety on building sites of the recruitment of employees from Eastern Europe.
Migrant workers, including those from Eastern Europe, have a vital role to play in providing skills and in filling labour shortages in the UK construction industry. Many are experienced trades people and some enter the workforce through the highly skilled migrant programme.
The Health and Safety Executive has commissioned research, completed this month, to assess the significance of nationality as a health and safety risk factor among construction workers in London and the South East. The research found no evidence of additional risk.
The duty to manage health and safety risk factors on individual construction sites, where communication barriers or differences in health and safety culture may be issues, rests with the employer. The construction industry and the Health and Safety Executive have already taken action to develop guidance to help employers to discharge their responsibilities effectively.
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