TOWARDS A SAFE WORKPLACE: ANALYSING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

Abstract

A safe work environment is crucial to the productivity and overall development of any society. Industrial growthand development has been one of the indices of civilization and development over time. When workers aremotivated and the work environment is ideal, the productivity is higher. Thus, it is sacrosanct that there shouldbe a framework that guarantees a safe work environment. This article attempts an analysis of the legalframework for occupational health and safety under the Nigerian and the United Kingdom laws; this is becauseof their shared history as common wealth jurisdictions. It finds that both jurisdictions offer a robust legalframework with Nigeria adopting a multi legislation approach while the UK has a single legislation, it alsofinds that there are however areas of weaknesses that needs to be addressed especially as regards sanction inNigeria and concludes by making recommendations for mutual lessons to be drawn by both jurisdictions.