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  SAFETY DEREGULATION PLEDGE IN BUDGET
KEY ISSUES

CIVIL LIABILITY CHANGE ‘IN 2012’
SWIFTER PROSECUTIONS
HSE TO STEP OUT OF FIRST AID
  ENVIRONMENT BUDGET PROPOSALS
The Budget also contained announcements following the ‘Red Tape Challenge’ in environmental regulation.

May 2012 Volume 35 Number 5
  NEW ASBESTOS RULES IN PLACE
A new set of asbestos regulations incorporating extra rules for when workers carry out (or when it is anticipated they will carry out) ‘notifiable non-licensed work' (NNLW) enter into force on 6 April 2012.

April 2012 Volume 35 Number 4
  REVISION TO CONTAMINATED LAND RULES
The contaminated land regime in England and Wales has been in place for over a decade.

April 2012 Volume 35 Number 4
  COMPANY FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT SCHEME
A third party certification scheme to approve companies providing life safety fire risk assessment services has been finalised by registration body British Approvals for Fire Equipment (BAFE).

April 2012 Volume 35 Number 4
  UKCG LAUNCHES CONSTRUCTION TRAINING STANDARD
Main building contractors' trade body UKCG has launched a sector-wide safety training standard for those who manage/do the work on its members' construction sites

April 2012 Volume 35 Number 4
  NO LET UP FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Prime Minister has made it clear that, despite the many changes already announced, more still needs to be done with health and safety.

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  HSE INSPECTOR CHALLENGE PANEL OPENS
It is now possible for businesses to challenge potentially inappropriate advice issued by health and safety inspectors through an independent panel.

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES SAFETY STRATEGY
The effects of new technologies on health must be assessed and nanomaterials must be covered by current EU health and safety rules, says a European Parliament resolution on a mid-term review of the EU's 2007-2012 health and safety at work strategy.

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR SAFETY
A guide from the European Health and Safety Agency says that European countries could benefit from introducing more economic incentives to promote workplace health and safety, rewarding organisations that work hardest to protect their employees.

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
 
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