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Nigel DuPree
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So "Child protection for grownups" except that the grown up will be expected to act responsibly by or in reporting any potential risks to their well-being or wellness or could be seen as negligent in any corporate defence reducing any claim for damages or compensation when it eventually arrives in court.
Survival or fortitude going to be needed by victims or their families if going to have to wait years before arrives in court then if found more years, often five to nine years or more, before insurance company agree settlement before even thinking about coughing up.
On the other hand the employee is also going to have to get up to speed with taking responsibility for pro-actively looking after their own health & safety risk assessments in any given situation or workplace environment.
Health & Safety "Compliance" is going to need a greater degree of consultation and companies may no longer be able to really on solely having a policy in place to cover any given situation without fully engaging those it is there to blame for non-compliance when there is an annoying time consuming potentially expensive or worse embarrassing claim.
It's just a shame that work/life stress related injuries and it's consequences for companies most valuable assets, Human Resources, should need to be regulated and legislated where more care and maintenance is expended on other equipment to prevent unplanned down-time or worse break-down.
Look after your kit and it will look after you. Time to move on from the days when you could say "if it ain't broke don't fix it" these days omission amounts to 'Friendly Fire' and results in unlimited "Collateral Damage"
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