Posted By Iain Ferguson Is anyone aware of any work that has been undertaken in this area? I.e. how does the regulatory regime impact upon competitiveness nationally, internationally, etc?

Posted By Dave Wilson Think of Greece, Spain etc H&S doesn't exist, The laws do, but no enforcement!

Posted By Des Daly Iain, I have been researching into the economic impact of health and safety at national level - looking for the positives rather than the negatives. There are many good papers written on this subject that should be able to help you. It is not an easy concept to get to grips with. My field at university was 'Social and Economic History', so I am fairly familar with macro economics, however, some of the papers can be read without prior knowledge. I find the subject interesting and only wish I had more time to spend on it. Anyway try this website: The International Labour Organisation http://www.ilo.org/publi...ction/safework/index.htm Des Daly

Posted By Kevin Thompson Hi Iain, You may recall the presentation we both attended where Gerald Forlin talked about Corporate Manslaughter. You might be able to get a copy of one of his speaches on this subject. Basically, he was arguing that CM would be very uncompetitive for the UK and that high flyers may be put off from coming under UK employment legislation and therefore would keep away from the UK. All the best Kevin