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Follow on Google News | Who is responsible for health and safety when we have contractors working in our stores?A legislation, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Corporation Manslaughter Act 2008 place retailers firmly in the firing line when it comes to health and safety breaches on their premises.
By: SAFEcontractor He explains that responsibility is joint “It is this potential danger posed to the public that the legislation sets out to prevent, by placing health and safety responsibility equally on the shoulders of those at the top of the purchasing chain as it does on the contractors themselves.” Schemes such as SAFEcontractor (http://www.safecontractor.com) Kinge concludes “If a retailer can prove in the event of an accident that they have done as much as is reasonably practical to eliminate the risks involved and have a strong health and safety management system in place, then this should stand favourably in a court of law.” This article was written for Retail Week - Health and Safety Obligations for Retailers. The full article can be viewed here: http://www.retail- # # # SAFEcontractor is the UK’s largest safety, health and environmental risk management specialist. SAFEcontractor was established in 2002 and now has more than 16,500 members, including contractors involved in more than 100 different work activities, spread across all parts of the UK. For more information visit http://www.safecontractor.com. End
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