Health and Safety
Bluetree Group are committed to ensure that the health and safety and welfare of their employees, contractors, customers and others who may be affected by our undertakings are suitably maintained and managed.
The Directors of the business accept ultimate responsibility for ensuring the site’s compliance with Health and Safety legislation and implementation of the health and safety policy. The day-to-day implementation for Health and Safety lies within the Compliance department.
It is our aim, in so far as reasonably practicable, to ensure that:
- The company is committed to operating its businesses in accordance with all applicable regulations along with any other requirements.
- We continuously seeking to improve our performance through inspection, internal auditing and review of all the activities under our control with participation from employees and stakeholders.
- We are committed to ensure the health safety and welfare of employees, contractors and visitors.
- We undertake and continuously review a programme of risk assessments in all significant areas of our business and address any areas of deficiency as appropriate.
- We adopt compliant practice with written procedure and processes.
- We assist all employees in carrying out their health and safety duties by facilitating the provision of specialist technical advice, guidance and training as and when required.
- We provide information, instruction, training and supervision to cover all activities under our control.
- All employees are aware of how to bring any concerns to the attention of management.
- We have effective and tested emergency procedures in place to control emergency situations as identified in the sites emergency procedure.
- Suitable welfare facilities are in place for all our employees, contractors and visitors whilst they are on Bluetree Group premises.
- We provide a safe and healthy working environment, in so far as is reasonably practicable to ensure that all our employees and others affected by our operations are exposed to minimal risk of accident/ injury in the workplace and of developing work-related ill health.
- To provide and maintain consultation with all employees on any measures at the workplace which may substantially affect the health and safety of employees.
- Promote a culture in which managers visibly demonstrate health and safety leadership, direction and participation
Working Hours/Periods
Bluetree Design and Print Ltd shall comply with applicable laws and industry standards on working hours and holiday entitlements.
Remuneration
- We shall comply with national laws and regulations with regard to wages and benefits in all of our business operations. All work-related activities are carried out on the basis of a recognised employment relationship established according to national law and practice. At Bluetree Group we are also proud to be an accredited ‘Real Living Wage’ employer.
- We pay overtime rate at a minimum rate of a time and a third for any employee that exercises their right to partake in overtime. Bluetree Group set out their requirement for overtime on an ongoing basis but do not force overtime to our colleagues.
- Bluetree operates a pay review policy to ensure that there is a fair process for reviewing renumeration across the business.
Suppliers
Bluetree Group seeks to develop long-term business partnerships with reputable suppliers across both Divisions of the business (Bluetree Print & Bluetree Medical). These partnerships can only be successful if suppliers have a mutual respect for our Ethical Standards.
Our relationships with our suppliers are based on a commitment to compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and all laws concerning Labour Standards and Human Rights at all times. We believe mutual respect must be extended to everyone along the Supply Chain including employees, sub-contractors and other third parties.
It is recognised that within some countries there are legal and cultural differences from our own, but it is essential that all the factories involved in supplying the company meet the local Labour laws and carry out their business practices with good ethics and protection of their workforce.
Detailed below are areas that we require all of our suppliers to stand by that our company also pledges to stand by:
- The use of child labour is not acceptable. Employees within the factories must meet the minimum legal working age and must not be less than 14 years of age whichever is the greater.
- The use of forced labour or involuntary labour of any kind is not acceptable.
- Companies that withhold passports of staff or have staff that have outstanding Recruitment Fees paid personally to secure their current job cannot be a supplier of Bluetree Design and Print Ltd.
- The use of any form of physical abuse to coerce or punish workers is not acceptable.
- Additionally, the use of non-physical abuse such as threat of violence, sexual harassment or verbal abuse is also not acceptable.
- Discrimination against a person or group as a result of race, religion, colour, gender, nationality, age, maternity, marital status or disability is not acceptable.
- Suppliers must ensure that all working premises comply with all applicable laws regarding working conditions, worker health and safety, fire, safety, risk protection, sanitation, electrical and structural safety.
- Working Hours / days, wages, over-time pay and holiday pay must be in compliance with all local laws and must meet the legal minimum wage or a wage that meets local Industry standards, whichever is greater.
