“This is a major achievement for the CIEH and reinforces our position as a leading provider of quality food safety training programmes in the UK and overseas. The CIEH’s high standards and reputation for excellent service have become the industry benchmark."
“Training and education is an essential ingredient for any food business in producing food that is safe to eat – and is good for business. CIEH training will help China to achieve internationally recognised standards for safety in food premises."
“The Chinese Government has expressed a desire to have top quality food safety in its establishments in readiness for the Olympics in 2008 and we are pleased to be able to assist the Government in fulfilling this objective.”
Why IOSH are bonkers about conkers?!
Date: Mon 5th Nov 2007
IOSH are working to dispel the media fuelled myth that health & safety laws are ridiculous and only exist to restrict our lives. They are launching the ‘Bonkers Conker’ stamp to apply to stories that distort the aim of health & safety, such as tales of goggle-wearing conker players.
The positive version of this stamp will be the ‘Bonzer Conker’, awarded to balanced and sensible portrayals of health & safety laws and practices that continue to keep workers and the public safe from unnecessary risk through reasonable precautions.
To publicize this campaign IOSH are sponsoring the World Conker Championships in Northamptonshire and entering their presidential team as players, minus the safety goggles, of course.
That’s one in the eye for health and safety detractors!
Find out more about this campaign by going to www.iosh.co.uk/conkers
The Corporate Manslaughter Act: what you need to know.
Date: Mon 5th Nov 2007
In 2008, Turning Point will be offering a session on this new act, to provide you with all you need to know about your responsibilities towards employees.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act comes into force next year under which gross failures in the management of health & safety, causing death, can result in prosecution. A substantial part of this failure must have been at a senior level but the Act does not increase liability for individual directors or managers.
Organisations convicted of corporate manslaughter face an unlimited fine and courts will also have the power to impose a publicity order, requiring them to publicise details of their conviction and fine.
The new Act will only be used when standards are far below what would have been reasonably expected, so if you have an effective health and safety management system in place there will be no repercussions from this new law.
Go to www.justice.gov.uk for an up to date guide to the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act and get in touch with Ouch for details about the lecture.
Government mustn't forget work death toll
Thursday - November 08, 2007
Europe's leading health and safety body has welcomed some of the measures announced in yesterday's Queen's speech, but has warned the government it still has more to do to tackle the toll of death and injury in the UK's workplaces.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) said that it welcomes the government's intentions to require employers to release young people for the equivalent of one day's training a week and also its plans to review flexible working for parents.
Lisa Fowlie, IOSH President, said;
"We urge the government, educators and employers to ensure that new opportunities for young people to develop employment skills, including apprenticeships and specialist diplomas, will cover the necessary health and safety elements. We believe by doing this that we can help ensure that tomorrow's workforce is better equipped for a safer and healthier working life.
"We also welcome the government's plans to review flexible working arrangements for parents. It's particularly important as more and more parents enter employment that recognition is given to their needs as carers of children and to helping them achieve a good work-life balance. We believe that less stressed workers are likely to be healthier, happier and also more productive.”
But Lisa reminded the government that 241 people were killed in the UK's workplaces last year;
"That's a dreadful toll, and we hope that the government will do all it can to ensure we reduce that figure. We're also concerned about the proposed house-building programme. Construction industry deaths reached a five-year high last year and house building and refurbishment activities have been a contributing factor to that*. We call on the government and the industry to ensure safety is a priority during the drive to provide the nation with sufficient housing."
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