Great Britain : a draft bill about corporate manslaughter that would cover death at work

After years of beating about the bush, the new law on deadly accidents at work is ready and has to be submitted to Parliament. (Ref. 0674)

Through . Published on 27 January 2006 Ă  16h44 - Update on 17 March 2013 Ă  21h47

Promised since 1997 by the Labour Party and eagerly-awaited by trade unions, it will make legal proceedings easier. It creates a new offence of “corporate manslaughter” which will apply when someone dies because a corporation’s senior management has grossly failed to enforce the basic safety rules to protect its employees or any other person (customers..).…

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