It has been said many times that there is a simple method for getting ahead in business. The path to success, in other words to get what you want, is to give other people what they desire or need.
If you think about it for a moment, there is a big difference between the two descriptions and the distinction can have huge implications for a business, including yours.
A discount retailer JTF wholesale has been fined £1 million after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease led to the deaths of two men who died after breathing in infected water droplets from a hot tub which was on display.
ISO 45001 is replacing the British standard for health and safety management 18001 joining a suit of standards for management systems including ISO 14001 for environmental management and ISO 9001 for quality systems.
The default is that employers are always liable in common law for the actions of their employees at work so in a civil case it is the employer that gets sued not the employee.
