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When things go wrong - health and safety sentencing

Howard Fidderman | Features | HSB | 27.02.2008

Nine years after the Court of Appeal concluded that fines for health and safety offences were too low, how have the courts been sentencing employers convicted of health and safety crimes? And what will be the impact of the new sentencing guidelines for manslaughter when they come into force later this year? Howard Fidderman believes that sentencing should not be left to the courts.

ALARP: making risk as unlikely as possible

Duncan Spencer | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007

Most safety legislation is not prescriptive, but essentially requires managers to write their own rules. So anyone tasked with managing risk is left to grapple with a variety of questions. Duncan Spencer looks at the principle of reducing risk to as low a level as reasonably practicable (ALARP).

A look at the new Corporate Manslaughter Act

Mark Tyler | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007

Mark Tyler picks the bones out of the new Corporate Manslaughter Act

Site specifics: going smoke-free

Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

On 1 July 2007, England will follow Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in going smoke-free. An employer's main responsibility will be to ensure that no-one smokes in enclosed or substantially enclosed areas. The keys to achieving compliance are a smoke-free policy and appropriate signage. Bridget Leathley finds the best online guidance.

Health and safety enforcement in China

Adrienne Gleeson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

In the first of a short series on health and safety enforcement in the major developing economies Adrienne Gleeson looks east to China.

Taking responsibility for safety

John Gilbertson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

If employees won't take any responsibility for their own safety, you need a hard-nosed approach to rule breaking, argues John Gilbertson.

IOSH 2007 conference report

Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.05.2007

Louis Wustemann and Jocelyn Dorrell report on the highlights of the safety body's annual conference.

Workplace Health Connect

Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006

Following the launch of the government's Workplace Health Connect consultancy, aimed at giving SMEs advice on issues from absence management to musculoskeletal disorders, businesses have got more than they bargained for. Louis Wustemann and Jocelyn Dorrell investigate.