HSE Event to Launch New Strategy
The HSE is carrying out a study regarding the public outlook towards health and safety in the workplace. The results, which would most probably be released before 3rd June, are expected to be surprising. Moreover, HSE recently finished a three-month long consultation process on the same issue and it plans to start a scheme based on the results.
The scheme has been named as ‘Be Part of the Solution’ and it seeks to involve all the stakeholders to ensure that the rate of workplace accidents in the UK is reduced. It advises companies against cutting down on expenses on safety, as it can put the employees in mortal danger.
An event to mark the launch is to be held on 3rd June and will be started with an address from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Rt Hon James Purnell. He will be joined in the panel by Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair of HSE, and Brendan Barber General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, among others. The attendees will be able to direct queries to the panel members.
These attempts from the HSE are being made to help businesses in improving their safety record considering the judgment of the court in the case of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings is due soon. This is the first case under the two year old Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act. The company has been prosecuted for corporate manslaughter of one of its workers, and the judgment is likely to be a landmark one.
The importance of the issue is understandable with so many changes happening at the same time, and the event should help stakeholders better understand the new paradigm.
Employers need to keep themselves up to date with health and safety developments to avoid potential legal action from employers by taking a health and safety courses such as the range of accredited iosh courses offered by the experts at Workplace Law Training.
