Solicitors Lovells have summarised a UK-wide 44-point action plan of policy initiatives and proposals for future legislation to cut workplace deaths, injuries and illness.

Solicitors Lovells have summarised a UK-wide 44-point action plan of policy initiatives and proposals for future legislation to cut workplace deaths, injuries and illness. ( www.detr.gov.uk/sw/pdf/strategy.pdf )

The policy plan seeks to place legal obligation on boards for health and safety (H&S) responsibility and provides for "naming and shaming" of companies with poor H&S performance. Other proposals include:

  • eventually requiring all businesses with more than 250 employees to adopt a common standard on H&S,
  • innovative penalties such as prohibition of directors' bonuses, and compulsory training.

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