By : Harborough Mail
Source : http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk
Category : Small Business Grant
SMALL businesses will benefit from plans to slash health and safety red tape according to an industry body.
The Forum of Private Business says the measures, due to come into effect in January, says a recent review which recommends that health and safety law should not apply to self-employed people whose work poses no risk to others will be beneficial.
Forum senior policy adviser Alex Jackman, said: “We have waited a while for the results of the Government review, and now they are here we’re not disappointed.
“There are recommendations that will see a tangible difference to the shop floor, but also a wider acknowledgement for the needs of health and safety to be a shared burden with staff as well as employers.”
“Many businesses have positive views of the benefits of health and safety, but the proposals today will – once implemented – go some way towards reducing the wider perception that small businesses have on the issue and make it harder to litigate when employers are not at fault.”
Source : http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/business/small_business_health_and_safety_revamp_welcomed_1_3321265
Source : http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk
Category : Small Business Grant
SMALL businesses will benefit from plans to slash health and safety red tape according to an industry body.
The Forum of Private Business says the measures, due to come into effect in January, says a recent review which recommends that health and safety law should not apply to self-employed people whose work poses no risk to others will be beneficial.
Forum senior policy adviser Alex Jackman, said: “We have waited a while for the results of the Government review, and now they are here we’re not disappointed.
“There are recommendations that will see a tangible difference to the shop floor, but also a wider acknowledgement for the needs of health and safety to be a shared burden with staff as well as employers.”
“Many businesses have positive views of the benefits of health and safety, but the proposals today will – once implemented – go some way towards reducing the wider perception that small businesses have on the issue and make it harder to litigate when employers are not at fault.”
Source : http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/business/small_business_health_and_safety_revamp_welcomed_1_3321265
