Tim Hill, explores the impact that the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 will have on all of the region’s employers and urges them to be prepared for its introduction.
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SICKNESS absence cost the UK economy £13.4bn in 2006, according to figures from the CBI, although most absence is caused by genuine illness, absenteeism remains “an issue” for many employers.
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THE deadline is fast approaching for entries to the Royal Society for the prevention of Accidents Occupational Health and Safety Awards, which honoured a record 1,400 winners last year.
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LAST year the number of deaths in construction rose by a massive 28% to 77 workers. Although this figure is still lower than five years ago, worryingly it is the first time in five years that the downward trend in deaths has been reversed.
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