Director Involvement in Health and Safety
 In the decade it has taken to secure the introduction of the new offence of Corporate Manslaughter (CM Regulations), there has been a growing focus on the health and safety responsibilities of directors and senior managers in all organisations.Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, an offence will be committed where failings by an organisation’s senior management are a substantial element in any gross breach of the duty of care owed to the organisations employees or members of the public which results in death.* Increasingly health and safety is now accepted as a board level corporate performance issue, an important dimension of Corporate Social Responsibility on which organisations should report to their stakeholders. The Health and Safety Executive have continued to focus on the business benefits of effective health and safety management while continuing to bear down on poor performers. This course will enable delegates to gain an understanding of a director’s role in agreeing and driving forward health and safety strategy. *HSE/IoD guidance. |
Who should attend? Directors, governors, trustees, officers and their equivalents in the private, public and voluntary sector. What will the delegate bring back to the workplace? ● An understanding of the key concepts outlined in HSE/Institute of Directors ‘Leading health and safety at work’ ● The benefits of a ‘beyond compliance’ approach ● Knowledge of the essential principles of planning for health and safety, and the importance of this topic as a corporate governance issue ● Importance of embedding health and safety into the business ● Ability to understand the requirement that health and safety issues need to be addressed competently and systematically ● How to balance the health and safety equation within the business All delegates who successfully complete the course will be awarded a RoSPA certificate of training. |
Course Dates & Prices
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Dates and Prices
| Venue | Duration | Dates | Fee - Members | Fee - Non-Members |
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| Birmingham | 1 day | 04 Jun 08 10 Oct 08 |
£350+VAT | £375+VAT |
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