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For those who (understandably) might not have heard of this proposed amendment to the HAS 1974, please read on...
In short, if you have any interest in maintaining protection for workers at work, it would be good if you could sign the following. I have copied the petition text and link below...
https://submissions.epetitions.direc...etitions/41086
Amendment of section 47 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, which has been added at the last minute to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.
Responsible department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The amendment to Section 47 of the Health and Safety Work Act 1974, has been added to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill at the eleventh hour.
The amendment would mean:
- Employers would no longer have a strict liability for the health and safety of their workers, for the first time since 1898.
- Workers could not rely on an employer's breach of health and safety law to win a personal injury claim, they would have to provide proof of negligence.
- Enforcement of health and safety law would be increasingly left up to a significantly weakened and less effective Health and Safety Executive.
- Employers will increasingly hide behind the defence that complying to health and safety regulations was not "reasonably practicable".
Please rescind this amendment and preserve workers' rights to a safe workplace.
In short, if you have any interest in maintaining protection for workers at work, it would be good if you could sign the following. I have copied the petition text and link below...
https://submissions.epetitions.direc...etitions/41086
Amendment of section 47 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, which has been added at the last minute to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.
Responsible department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The amendment to Section 47 of the Health and Safety Work Act 1974, has been added to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill at the eleventh hour.
The amendment would mean:
- Employers would no longer have a strict liability for the health and safety of their workers, for the first time since 1898.
- Workers could not rely on an employer's breach of health and safety law to win a personal injury claim, they would have to provide proof of negligence.
- Enforcement of health and safety law would be increasingly left up to a significantly weakened and less effective Health and Safety Executive.
- Employers will increasingly hide behind the defence that complying to health and safety regulations was not "reasonably practicable".
Please rescind this amendment and preserve workers' rights to a safe workplace.
