[IER] Rare Q&A with Professor Lofstedt - Book now!

[Carolyn Jones]

Health and safety legislation is still under threat

 

Don’t be left out of the conversation

 

Professor Ragnar Lofstedt - author of 2011’s Lofstedt Review - will be
taking 

questions on his crucial report at a key one-day conference organised by the
Institute of Employment Rights (IER).

 

Lofstedt says there are no benefits to significant cuts to regulatory
legislation, but his words have since been “misused” for political gain. The
rules protecting 

Britain’s workers remain vulnerable to the coalition’s axe,
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/l%C3%B6fstedt-review-health-and-safety-critical-
evaluation> as warned in a recent IER briefing.

 

This is a rare chance to grill the academic behind last year’s consultation,
as well as MP Andrew Miller, who sat on Lofstedt’s advisory panel.

 

Joining the programme are several leading experts in health and safety law,
including:

 

·         Hugh Robertson, TUC Senior Policy Officer for Health and Safety 

·         Daniel Shears, GMB National Health and Safety Officer

·         Professor Andrew Watterson of the University of Stirling

·         David Whyte of the University of Liverpool

·         Hilda Palmer of Hazards Campaign

·         Steve Cottingham of O H Parsons Solicitors

 

Reviewing Lofstedt: What now for health and safety at work? will be held on
Wednesday May 9th at NUT Hamilton House, London.

 

 
<https://secure.gn.apc.org/ier/ledger.php?it=Reviewing_Lofstedt_London_2012=
£90> Book now to avoid disappointment. See below for further details.



Reviewing Lofstedt: what now for health and safety at work? London 


Wednesday 09 May 2012


A one day conference 

NUT Hamilton House, London 

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About the Conference


In 2011 the coalition government commissioned Professor Ragnar Löfstedt of
King’s College London, aided by an independent panel, to review the
so-called ‘burden’ on business of health and safety legislation. There was a
call for evidence in July 2011, and ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all:
an independent review of health and safety legislation’ was published in
October 2011. 

The report made a number of recommendations including simplifying the
Approved Codes of Practice, and reviewing and consolidating a number of
sector-specific regulations. A timetable of further tasks has now been put
into place including plans to revoke regulations deemed to be ‘unnecessary’.

Although the world of work has certainly changed since the introduction of
the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 there is no reason to believe that
the level of risk has diminished. The types of risks faced by workers and
the gross numbers of injuries, illnesses and fatalities reported remain
unacceptable in a civilized society. 

In its response to the Löfstedt Review, three IER experts commented “While
the government had implied a thoroughgoing undermining of health and safety
law as a bureaucratic brake on business activity, the Review suggests no
such thing. In fact, it largely endorses the current regulatory framework
for health and safety and consequently does not appear to represent an
explicit attempt to weaken its foundations”. 

The questions are, will the recent review of health and safety and the
report it generated, help to reduce accidents and injuries at work? What
recommendations does the Löfstedt report make and will those recommendations
help develop or dismantle the UK’s health and safety regime? 

This conference will provide opportunities to look at the findings and
recommendations of the Löfstedt review and discuss them with the Report’s
author – Professor Löfstedt and hear expert opinion and analysis from trade
unionists and lawyers


Cost


£75 Subscribers and members

£90 trade unions

£220 Commercial


 


Location


NUT Hamilton House

Mabledon Place

LONDON 

WC1H 9BD

 

Complete and return the
<http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Booking%20Form%20Reveiwing%20L
ofstedt%209-5-2012_0.doc> attached booking form or

 
<https://secure.gn.apc.org/ier/ledger.php?it=Reviewing_Lofstedt_London_2012=
£90> Book and pay for your place online now


Speakers


Prof Ragnar Lofstedt
Keynote Speech

David Whyte, Liverpool University
A critical evaluation

Steve Cottingham, O H Parsons Solicitors
Experiences from the Construction Industry

Hugh Robertson, TUC Senior Policy Officer for Health and Safety
Beyond Lofstedt

Professor Andrew Watterson, University of Stirling
What the Lofstedt Review didn’t say

Andrew Miller, MP
A view from a member of the advisory panel

Daniel Shears, GMB
Life after Lofstedt: where do we go from here

Hilda Palmer, Hazards Campaign
Speaking truth to power: it’s the hazards stupid

 
<http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/FLYER%20Lofstedt%20London%209-
5-12.pdf> Click here to download the full programme

 

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