Sentencing for Health and Safety Offences for Small Businesses
For small businesses with a turnover in the range of £2-10 million which commit Health and Safety offences, new guidelines, brought in on 1 February 2016, suggest fines that could…
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Can Health & Safety Executive Inspection Charges Affect Your Company if You Breach H&S Requirements?
Find out how Health & Safety Executive Inspection charges could affect your company if you breach H&S requirements in this short video.
Fines for Health and Safety offences could be on the increase. How could they affect your organisation?
In 2015 the Sentencing Council, which is a Government body which sets recommendations of fines, consulted on new fines for the levels of penalty for corporate manslaughter and for Health…
What are the Implications of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 in Relation to Minor Works?
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 have some major implications for companies involved in minor works, which never really consider themselves to be involved in construction. The regulations require…
Changes to Labelling of Hazardous Materials
In 2009, the EU entered into a new Regulation for the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of hazardous materials. The CLP Regulation was introduced as a way of globally harmonising…
Why should Directors have an appropriate understanding of Health and Safety in their company?
Recent fines and jail sentences that have been handed out to company Directors as a result of health and safety breaches are increasing. Find out here why you need to…
Fee for Intervention
In 2012, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) brought in a new charging scheme called Fee for Intervention (FFI). Businesses found to be in ‘material breach’ of health and safety…
What are the implications of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 in relation to minor works?
What are the implications of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 in relation to minor works? Watch this short video to find out.
