Legislation Updates: Need to Know
We bring you the latest health and safety legislative updates that you need to be aware of to ensure you are legally compliant.
We bring you the latest health and safety legislative updates that you need to be aware of to ensure you are legally compliant.
It was recently announced that the long awaited new occupational health and safety standard ISO 45001 has been delayed following disapproval of the first draft by members of the ISO committee.
On 1 February this year, the new sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences came into force which directed courts to take into consideration the turnover of a company when considering the level of fine to be levied.
“Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease, and 153 people experience a work-related injury. These represent an enormous burden for organisations and society as a whole, costing over 2.3 million deaths a year, not to mention the more than 300 million non-fatal accidents*.”
In November last year the Sentencing Council announced that new guidelines relating to the way punishments are given for health and safety offences would come into force this month (February 2016).