Two specific risk assessments the law requires – one for workers under 18 (including work experience students) and one for employees who are pregnant, have given birth in the last six months or are breastfeeding.
Health, safety & compliance
Young Worker and New or Expectant Mother Risk Assessments
About this document
Your general risk assessment must take account of young people and of women who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding. When you employ someone under 18, or an employee tells you in writing that she is pregnant, has given birth in the last six months or is breastfeeding, you must check the specific risks to that person and act on them. This document gives a structured assessment for each, with the follow-up records.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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