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Posted By k p connor
As with football referee's over the years! Over the past months working across areas of the UK I am becoming frustrated by the inconsistency of the inspectors. Not only in different areas but also in the same regional office. The level or quality of documentation and actions taken seems dependant upon which inspector you come into contact with. Is anyone else battling with this situation, i.e. where one inspector requires extensive documentation, the same level of documentation is strongly castigated by another.
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Posted By Rod Douglas
Every Human Being has a different Interpretation, of rules and regulations, if there are grey areas in these rules and regulations, people will interpret it as they see fit....
Human Nature
Aye,
Rod
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Posted By Sean Fraser
An inevitable result of goal-setting principles and under-funding.
The HSE has a responsibility to interpret the legal requirements appropriately and to come to a "position" that they will apply to practical issues, then communicate this position to their own personnel and through them to the organisations they deal with. Clarifications should only then be necessary on specifics, not on general principles.
I agree with the advice of the previous respondents - you should take any written evidence you have and take the matter to the management of the local HSE office, expressing your ligitimate concern that conflicting advice is creating anxiety and concern in your organisation as there is now uncertainty in how to apply the legislative requirements appropriately and hence avoid the potential for improvement notices and prosecution - which can harm your corporate image in the eyes of your stakeholders.
It is always difficult to deal with inconistency of this nature, especially when it involves a statutory body. However, I would hope that raising your concerns with your local office would be received positively and that they will take appropriate steps to ensure you reach a satisfactory level of mutual understanding on how to proceed. Proof will always be in the pudding though - when the next inspector calls!
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Posted By Jay Joshi1 The recent HSE Srategy has tried to address this indirectly:- http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/hsc/strategy2010.pdfUnder the heading "HSE and LAs working together" We have looked closely at the current division of enforcement responsibility between LAs and HSE and their ways of working. There is no lasting logic to the current arrangements. They are complex, confusing and based on boundaries and approaches that suit more the convenience of the regulator than the needs of business or the workforce. They do not capture the full potential of HSE and LAs to work together. etc etc..........
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