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The year of living dangerously
In 2006, the term ‘responsible person’ will carry more weight than ever before, as it is at the heart of major new legislation either coming into effect or making significant developments next year.Major developments include the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 – which places responsibility for fire safety on the shoulders of the employer – and the Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill – under which it will become easier for a company to be convicted of corporate manslaughter for workplace deaths. What this important legislation, coupled with some recent high profile cases, achieves above anything, is to reiterate the point that health and safety must be managed properly. “Firms should be reviewing their approach to safety management especially those who have tried to outsource that function to consultants,” says Kathryn Gilbertson, Associate Director, Business Defence at at Greenwoods Solicitors, and member of the Health and Safety Lawyers Association (HSLA). “Safety responsibility cannot be delegated, whilst its day-to-day management can. Thus active systems must be in place to undertake the supervision, monitoring and ensure compliance at all levels.”
In this issue…
Legal calendar
Keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months.
Letters
Keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months.
The year of living dangerously
Issues of responsibility for health and safety will be high on the agenda in 2006. TheHealth and Safety Lawyers' Association gives Workplace Law Magazine an exclusive insight.
2005 in review
Looking back on the legal developments, cases and events that have had a genuine impact on the workplace this year.
Will ‘the bomber always 15 get through?’
Have the terrorist attacks on London taught employers to prepare for such emergencies in the workplace, asks Peter Power.
Tipping the balance
Employees are increasingly protected against discrimination in the workplace – but is thisat the cost of the employer’s rights?
A heated debate
Delegates at Workplace Law’s Fire Safety 2005 conferences had the opportunity to raise their concerns about new duties under the reform of fire safety legislation, which takes effect in April 2006.
Case law
Legal experts offer their views on the implications of recent case law for employers.
Technical update
In-depth legal guidance on: flexible working; temporary and agency workers; and developments in employment law.
Clinic
How responsible are employers for the safety of workplace car parks?
Analysis
The impact of employee theft on businesses.
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