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Posted By Timothy Preston
What is the legal standing with regards H&S if a subsidary company is not fully owned by a parent company, yet the parent company H&S systems are used for managing H&S within the subsidary company.
I've tried to be as clear as I can on the above, however as I can see it the parent systems only makes reference to their own systems and does not name any subsidary company.
In order to bridge the gap would a signed declaration document linking all companies be sufficient or is something else required.
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Timothy
It depends on precisely how the parent system is written and the manner in which things are done in the subsudiary company. It is not unusual for subsidiary companies to use the same forms but have different detailed procedures for their manner of use. I have had to do this for a number of companies, including multi-nationals, and find that the group systems which are less presecriptive in their format are easier to adopt universally. The trade off is that the subsidiary company will need to develop a more detailed set of procedures. The converse situation where the group system details the last dot of procedure, opens the group company to an increased susceptibility to enforcement action than the case where the subsidiary is allowed a free hand in managing its H&S issues.
Bob
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