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15 May 2013
Major companies are holding back on developing new technology to help with the provision of health care and services as a result of legal barriers in the EU, an expert has said.
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24 Apr 2013
The House of Lords has approved Government plans to prevent companies from being automatically liable for some workplace injuries after a second vote on the issue.
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09 Apr 2013
Internal changes at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must not be allowed to detract from the regulator's expertise in health and safety at offshore oil and gas facilities, an expert has said.
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06 Feb 2013
Many of the proposals made by industry figures to simplify "over-zealous" health and safety regulations over the past three years have already been put in place, according to two new reports.
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30 Jan 2013
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) began investigating 40% more corporate manslaughter cases in 2012 than it did the previous year according to figures obtained by Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com.
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17 Oct 2012
Changes to the 'strict liability' regime that makes companies automatically liable for some workplace injuries regardless of fault have been confirmed by the Government.
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10 Sep 2012
Regular health and safety inspections will be scrapped for all but the most high-risk businesses from April 2013, the Government has announced.
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01 Feb 2012
OPINION: Building contractors should be busy revising their standard contracts to make sure that they are not about to be on the hook for costs caused by the health and safety lapses of another company.
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06 Jan 2012
Companies will no longer be automatically liable for some workplace injuries under Government plans to change the 'strict liability' regime attached to some health and safety regulations, the Prime Minister has announced.
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30 Nov 2011
Self-employed people "whose work activities pose no potential risk of harm to others" should be excluded from the scope of health and safety law, according to a new report.
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