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Is a landlord an 'employer' under HSWA 1974?

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Published on: 12 August 2022

Is a landlord an 'employer' for the purposes of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974)? If so, could a landlord be liable in respect of a failure to comply with the employer's duties under HSWA 1974?

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) sets out duties of:

  1. employers, in relation to their employees and those who are not employees, but who may be affected by the employer’s undertaking

  2. self-employed people, in relation to themselves and non-employees who may be affected by their undertaking

  3. people with control of non-domestic premises, in relation to those who are not their employees but who use those premises made available to them as a place of work or as a place where they may use plant or substances provided for their use there

An employer has a duty in relation to employees, to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, their health, safety and welfare at work.

For further information, see Practice Note: Safety and the risk to safety under the Health and

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