Interesting Workplace Safety Issues
I find it very interesting that the citizens in the U.K. get much more care and compassion from their government than we do here in the U.S. They take workplace safety very seriously, and back it up with laws to punish the corporate offenders.
The new Corporate Manslaughter Act goes into full force and effect next month. This new Act is a strengthening of previous legislation that tried to do the same thing, but it unfortunately was limited to prosecuting just the individuals in the company who it could be proven had enough seniority and responsibility for the company to be deemed the “directing mind” of the company.
The new law has lifted that limitation so that the entire company can be held liable if there is a death as a result of the company’s gross negligence.
I was reading about the new Corporate Manslaughter Act on a website that focuses on workplace safety issues. The website is uncluttered yet full of information. There are easy to follow links to more information on a variety of safety issues. Since these issues are important to me, it is also interesting to me to read the perspective of people outside of the U. S. that are dealing with this, too.