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Posted By halesowen Baggie
I have just been reading the article in this months SHP on the EU challenge to our SFAIRP under various directives.I got lost after a few paragraphs. I had flashbacks from NEBOSH diploma law revision and started to have a panic attack!
Am I right in assuming that the EU want to do away with criminal prosecutions for H & S breaches?
If so we can all kiss our jobs goodbye because every board of directors I have worked for will be over the moon that any sanctions imposed on them will be covered by insurance policies, therefore no need for us!
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Posted By Jimmy R
Interesting article!
I'm sure the requirements to limit financial pay outs and our moral responsibilities will mean we still have full time jobs.
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Posted By halesowen Baggie
I wish Jimmy, every job I have had is down to the board of directors being scared to death of criminal prosecution.
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Posted By Jimmy R
That's very true but I'm sure their Insurance Premiums going through the roof and their Reputation going down the pan along with their Profits would have them sitting up as well.
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Posted By jackw.
My director just got offered £300k lump sum plus a £50k a year pension to leave early at 60 yrs..
Loose my job I should be so lucky!!!!!!!!.
Punch line .. he told me he had to think long and hard about taking it..end of his career and all that!!!..
well I suppose halving his yearly wage is a thought.. what a tough life.
Cheers.
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Posted By J Knight
Threatening to withdraw the crminal prosecution bit sounds like a bargaining pitch to me. In any event, we can still get done for enough environmental breaches to keep those of us with an E in their titles in work, and as SHP points out, there's always corporate manslaughter,
John
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Posted By John Hamilton
Which is interesting... anyone who has read the new Corporate Manslaughter Bill will have noticed that it includes guidance for juries on the factors they should consider... one of which is whether the defendant breached health & safety legislation!!!
I'd put money on the ECJ doing what they often do, which is to follow the Advocate General's opinion. It's not like UK H&S legislation and its implementation is such a problem to them.
John
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