Directors Could Risk Imprisonment If Not Prepared For New Laws

DIRECTORS nationwide are at risk of imprisonment unless they are familiar with the new Corporate Manslaughter Act, coming into force in next month.
By: t2 business solutions
 
March 10, 2008 - PRLog -- DIRECTORS nationwide are at risk of imprisonment unless they are familiar with the new Corporate Manslaughter Act, coming into force in next month.

The new act resolves problems in the present law in which organisations can only be convicted of manslaughter if a senior manager or director is personally responsible. Directors and managers responsible for Health and Safety of employees will have now have committed an offence if it there is a management failure, or if there is a gross breach of the duty for an employees safety, which results in a person’s death.

If a company does not take the necessary steps to prevent the potential death of an employee, directors will be punishable with an unlimited fine and possible imprisonment. Courts are now able to make orders requiring businesses to take the correct steps to remedy any management failure concerned.

In 2006/7, 241 people were killed at work. One example of manslaughter at work was the 2003 case in which a 17 year-old man started work as a roofing contractor. Given no training, and with no experience working at height, he fell through a skylight to his death, in only his second week on the job. An inquest into his death resulted in unlawful killing, and in 2007 the owner of the company was prosecuted with gross negligence manslaughter. He is currently awaiting prosecution.

Training company, t2 business solutions, has prepared for the changes in law with a new Corporate Manslaughter training course open to all directors and senior managers. The course, which examines real case studies, gives an insight into whether your company is at risk and to what extent.

Covering topics such as the laws surrounding the Corporate Manslaughter act, and how a prosecutor could view your case, it also gives a Health and Safety refresher to keep your business up to date.

Rob Marr, Managing Director of t2 business solutions said: “With the new law coming into force soon, t2 thought it was important to keep companies up to date with the changes. The open course will give directors and senior managers the opportunity to learn how to keep their company and employees safe.

“Corporate Manslaughter is not something to be taken lightly, and many businesses are not aware of the dangers surrounding them. The open course, at our head office in Cardiff, will be presented by a specialist in Health and Safety and Employment Law. t2 hopes that this course will provide the knowledge required to create a safe working environment.”

t2’s first Corporate Manslaughter Open Course will run on 30th April and will cost only £155 per delegate. The course is also available as an in-house training course.

Website: www.t2business.co.uk
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