Workplace amenities (other than construction sites)

The Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 state that the provision of amenities in the workplace generally and specifically at construction sites may well form the basis of a Code of Practice under Section 22 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995.  

Nevertheless Section 9(2)(i) of the Act requires the employer insofar as is reasonably practicable, to -  

'ensure that any accommodation, or eating, recreational or other facility, provided for the benefit of the employer's employees while they are at work, or in connection with the performance of their work, and under the control or management of the employer, either wholly or substantially, is maintained in a safe and healthy condition.'