News Reviews - Recent Trade Press "Quotes" and Articles" News Reviews a poll that Eight in 10 bosses are unprepared for the workplace killing law which comes into force in just over two months. Bosses are Shirking - Duty of CareSenior managers could face jail for lapses in safety policy leading to staff fatalities after the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide comes into effect on 6 April 2008.Private Cars Used for Business Found to be Un-roadworthy!79% of 1,685 employers surveyed this month by employment law firm Peninsula admitted they were unaware of the law.Company cars offer one of the best ways to attract staff and retain good employees, but at the same time have the potential to turn into a nightmare source of uncontrollable costs. "The act clarifies the criminal liabilities of companies where serious failures in management of health and safety result in fatality. "Businesses everywhere will need to ensure that health and safety procedures are up to date reviewed on a regular basis and strictly enforced." Duty of Care - what happens if employees are driving their own car for business? If a health and safety offence is committed with the consent, connivance or neglect of an individual in a senior management position, that individual can be prosecuted. "Appoint someone at a senior level who will act responsibly and reasonably for corporate health and safety. Then, should a disaster occur, neither they nor the company will be prosecutable for manslaughter." A company will be guilty of the new offence if the way in which its activities are managed or organized, by its senior management, amount to a gross breach of the duty of care it owes to its employees, the public or other individual and those failings caused the person's death. HGV driver jailed for phone crash!
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