You have the right:

• To work in places where all the risks to your health and safety are properly controlled.
• To stop working and leave the area if you think you are in danger.
• To inform your employer about health and safety issues or concerns.
• To contact HSE or your local authority if you still have health and safety concerns and not get into trouble
• To join a trade union and be a safety representative.
• To paid time off work for training if you are a safety representative.
• To a rest break of at least 20 minutes if you work more than six hours at a stretch and to an annual period of paid leave.

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