Corporate Manslaughter Law

[superbiatch]

We've just been e-mailed the attached at work from senior management which comes into force next week.
http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/m...ctguidance.htm

I'm sure it will have implications for a lot of organisations not least the NHS.

The Act sets out a new offence for convicting an organisation where a gross failure in the way activities were managed or organised results in a person’s death. This will apply to a wide range of organisations across the public and private sectors. In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the new offence will be called corporate manslaughter. It will be called corporate homicide in Scotland.

Under a new approach, courts will look at management systems and practices across the organisation, providing a more effective means for prosecuting the worst corporate failures to manage health and safety properly.

[deadite66]

1. impose fine for Corporate Manslaughter.
2. increase customers bills to compensate.
worthless.

[TheNorm]

I was pleased to see this bit:

Can the offence be avoided by senior managers delegating responsibility for health and safety?

No.

In my opinion, health and safety should be near the top of the agenda at every departmental meeting.