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Bosses who breach health and safety ‘will be criminals’

Senior managers and directors who breach health and safety rules could effectively be treated as common criminals once the new Health and Safety Offences Act is brought into force on 16 January 2009, according to law firm DWF. By making imprisonment an option for many offences, what was once considered a breach of regulations will ...

News | 20 Nov 2008
Illegal health and safety: Under a third will blow whistle

...HSE in the event of a breach of health and safety law.The poll also revealed that 35% of respondents would report their line manager or supervisor to their employer if they felt that they or a colleague were at risk of injury at work.However, 5% claimed that they would not tell their line managers, bosses or colleagues in such a case.Ray Hurst, the president of IOSH, said: “The fact that more than two-thirds of people said they wouldn’t blow the whistle on their employer for doing something illegal suggests a few things. It could be that people are very loyal to their employers or, more likely, ...

News | 1 Sep 2008

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