Dealing with the red tape of health and safety compliance is often the last thing an SME wants to think about. Yet the cost of not doing so could wipe out the company altogether!. Accidents resulting from simple instances of non-compliance can result in huge penalty fines. The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 is a legal landmark that make it an offence and companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting from gross breach of a relevant duty of care. However, SMEs don’t have to learn the lesson the hard way –they can achieve compliance through the implementation of an effective health and safety management system.

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