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The notion that employees should be safe at work is not a recent development. Legislation was developed in the 1970s to restructure the different laws on safety issues making management in charge of the provision and safeguarding of satisfactory standards and policies. Under common law all employers have a duty of care that is compulsory in order to protect their employees. The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 obliges employers to utilise a safety sign where there is a considerable risk to health and safety that has not been avoided or controlled.