K&L Gates partners Dominic Fleeton, Dylan G. Moses, and David C. Lindsay compare and contrast the approaches to regulating and enforcing the management of psychosocial risks and hazards in Australia, the United Kingdom, and...more
Since the new Health and Safety Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) were implemented in February 2016, a series of headline-making fines have been handed out by the Health and Safety Executive (the “HSE”).
Balfour...more
Large companies will need to reassess the adequacy of their health and safety controls in light of new large scale fines for workplace accidents.
On 6 May 2016 Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Limited (“Balfour Beatty”)...more
Accidents do sometimes happen, even in well-run factories and construction sites.
Where there has been an accident in the U.K., companies face prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive (“HSE”) in the criminal courts...more