Employers need to assess risk for travelling employees - February 26, 2008

Employers that travel or who employ workers to travel need to prepare the relevant health and safety policies before the Corporate Manslaughter Act arrives, one legal expert has claimed.

UK law firm Maclay Murray & Spens said that [read more...]

Corporate manslaughter fines could cripple colleges say experts - February 22, 2008

Colleges could be crippled by fines levied at them under the proposed legislation in the Corporate Manslaughter Act, one legal expert has claimed.

Findings from Eversheds, a law firm which represents many colleges in the UK, reveal that a fine [read more...]

Employers unprepared for corporate manslaughter changes - January 30, 2008

Nearly eight out of ten businesses are unprepared and unaware of the changes in legislation being brought in by the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, according to new research.

Findings from Peninsula revealed that 79 per [read more...]

Risk management procedures 'should be reviewed' - January 7, 2008

Corporate risk management procedures should be reviewed, it has been claimed.

Given the forthcoming introduction of the UK's Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, specialist insurance firm Hiscox believes that existing risk management procedures should be placed under scrutiny by [read more...]

IOSH criticises team building exercise opponents - December 12, 2007

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has criticised those who ban team building events for those at work.

According to the IOSH, those employers who deny staff the opportunity to participate in a team building exercise on [read more...]

Exeter City Council introduces new risk management system - December 12, 2007

As a consequence of the forthcoming introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, Exeter City Council has introduced a risk management procedure.

According to reports by Auto Industry, Exeter City Council has introduced the permit-orientated system for the council's [read more...]

New call for help in cancer research - December 7, 2007

New calls have been made by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for help into research on cancer levels at National Semiconductor, a firm specialising in analogue equipment.

The HSE is asking for assistance as a consequence of number of instances [read more...]