27/03/2008 - Features
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
A lot has been said and written about the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 - effective from 6 April 2008. Some sources have suggested that the legislation will be an unprecedented health and safety wake-up call for companies. Others dismiss this, saying this new Act will actually result in very few cases, and will be reserved for only the highest-profile corporate failures.
Unfortunately, most of what's been said and written has glossed over what businesses really want to know - what does the new legislation do, and what action needs to be taken?
In this feature, Norwich Union Risk Services' training and consultancy manager John Phillips, provides the answers...
- Part 1: The need for new legislation
- Part 2: Gross breach of duty of care
- Part 3: What penalties will apply?
- Part 4: What action should companies take?
Click on the links over to the left of this page to read each section...