Firms still unaware of Corporate Manslaughter implications

Research released today by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)  highlights that businesses' understanding of the possible implications of a prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act is worryingly low.

The survey of 500 business decision-makers revealed that 57% of businesses are unaware that they could be subject to a publicity order if found guilty of a fatal accident at work. The possibility of such an order is one of the new asp... (328 more words)

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