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<span style="font-style: italic;">The message that will be stressed to delegates at RoSPA's annual Occupational Health and Safety at Work Congress, which runs alongside Expo, is that the recession must not be used as an excuse to backtrack on health and safety.</span> Read More
April 22, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">Considering it took ten years for the Corporate Homicide and Corporate Manslaughter Act (CMA) 2007 to arrive on the statute books it is not unreasonable to expect that the Government would have provided a worthy and commensurate law. They did no such thing, says Ray Rapp, who provides a reminder of some of the many concerns about the Act, which has now been in force for a year.</span> Read More
March 19, 2009
Questions for panel members Kevin Bridges ﾖ senior associate, Pinsent Masons, Madeline Abas ﾖ partner, Osborn Abas Hunt, Steffan Groch ﾖ partner and head of regulatory, DWF LLP, and Nathan Peacey ﾖ partner, Bond Pearce LLP came thick and fast during this fascinating, hour-long legal session on day two of the conference.<br> Read More
October 1, 2008
Ministers have launched a Quality Badge scheme to help schools identify organisations that not only provide high-quality learning experiences outside of the classroom but do so in a safe environment. Read More
January 26, 2007
"The right balance must be struck on safety" if the health and safety profession is to improve its image. Speaking at the second Rail Industry Conference, organised by IOSH's Railway Specialist Group, Nigel Harris (pictured below), managing editor of Rail Magazine, said that the profession will only stop being knocked once "the law is getting the balance right", and that at present "all the evidence indicates this crucial balance is not being struck". Read More
December 20, 2005
A new corporate manslaughter law is not only necessary, it should be clearer than that proposed by government, IOSH told members of a government committee in November. Read More