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The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is a landmark in law. For the first time, companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failure resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care.
The Act, which came into force on 6 April 2008, clarifies the criminal liabilities of companies, which includes large non commercial organisations, where serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
Source: HSE
Does This Concern You?
The answer should be YES, but not to the point where you start to panic or loose sleep. Reading the trade press, and some alarmist websites, you could be forgiven for thinking that unless you spend huge sums of money having your employees risk assessed and trained (including those who drive on company business) you will find yourself in court. Well, the good news is… It need n’t cost the earth and isn’t that complicated, and will certainly cost less than a fine, which can up to 10% of turnover, plus all the hassle and publicity of a court case.
How To Avoid Prosecution
The key to avoiding prosecution is simply to ensure that your organisation follows the relevant health and safety legislation, and the readily available best practice guidance.
Employers are required to manage risks under section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This requires employers ‘to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees’. This is supported by Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, which requires employers to make ‘suitable and sufficient assessment’ of risks. While these are not new requirements, the new Act is an opportunity to take a fresh look at how risk is being managed in the organisation.
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The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is a landmark in law. For the first time, companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failure resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care.
The Act, which came into force on 6 April 2008, clarifies the criminal liabilities of companies, which includes large non commercial organisations, where serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
Source: HSE
Does This Concern You?
The answer should be YES, but not to the point where you start to panic or loose sleep. Reading the trade press, and some alarmist websites, you could be forgiven for thinking that unless you spend huge sums of money having your employees risk assessed and trained (including those who drive on company business) you will find yourself in court. Well, the good news is… It need n’t cost the earth and isn’t that complicated, and will certainly cost less than a fine, which can up to 10% of turnover, plus all the hassle and publicity of a court case.
How To Avoid Prosecution
The key to avoiding prosecution is simply to ensure that your organisation follows the relevant health and safety legislation, and the readily available best practice guidance.
Employers are required to manage risks under section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This requires employers ‘to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees’. This is supported by Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, which requires employers to make ‘suitable and sufficient assessment’ of risks. While these are not new requirements, the new Act is an opportunity to take a fresh look at how risk is being managed in the organisation.
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