Breach Of Statutory Duty Health And SafetyThe Löfstedt report published in November 2011 identified that wellness and security regulations imposed strict liability on employers, producing them liable for injuries suffered by their employees at work, regardless of the extent to which the employer in question had sought to comply with its overall health and security duties and regardless of whether it had taken all affordable methods to protect its staff from harm. As a result, it is no longer sufficient to draw a dotted line between a breach of duty and an injury in order to establish civil liability (as if it was ever that simple…). This of course is all element of the maelstrom related with ‘red tape’ – a convenient ruse to rid the UK of the ‘burden’ of overall health and safety laws. Ensure the safety and absence of dangers to well being in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances.

HSE and neighborhood authority wellness and safety officers have no power to investigate incidents or pursue enforcement action in relation to most purely voluntary activities (topic to restricted exceptions such as exactly where a volunteer is in manage of non-domestic premises). The employer can be liable for breach of statutory duty if it is proved that he contravened any other well being and safety legislation, such as a regulatory requirement relating to workplaces, exposure to substances, and so on.

Even so, regardless of Mader International’s concession that it had not complied with all of its statutory duties, … Read the rest >>>