[IER] UPDATE: Reversal of 114-year-old employment right - new briefing released

[Sarah Glenister]

Dear IER subscriber, We promised that we would keep you up to date with
developments in the potential repeal of a 114-year-old employment right.
Having received a new briefing on the topic, we have written a new report
<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/update-coalitions-plans-reverse-114-year-old-emp
loyment-right-new-briefing-released>  on our website, which updates you with
further details on the news. The key facts are below: 



Reversal of 114-year-old employment right goes to Lord's without public
consultation
<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/update-coalitions-plans-reverse-114-year-old-emp
loyment-right-new-briefing-released> 


A briefing released by Thompson's Solicitors reveals the potential
implications of the amendment to Section 47 of the Health and Safety Work
Act 1974, which has been added to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
at the eleventh hour.


 


The amendment would mean:


- Employers would no longer have a strict liability for the health and
safety of their workers, for the first time since 1898.


- Workers could not rely on an employer's breach of health and safety law to
win a personal injury claim, they would have to provide proof of negligence.



- Enforcement of health and safety law would be increasingly left up to a
significantly weakened and less effective Health and Safety Executive.


- Employers could increasingly hide behind the defence that complying to
health and safety regulations was not "reasonably practicable".


 


This is part of a wider ideological move by the government in the interests
of employers, to the detriment of workers.


 


Click here to read our full report and the Thompson's briefing
<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/update-coalitions-plans-reverse-114-year-old-emp
loyment-right-new-briefing-released> .


Learn more at our Employment Law Update 2012
<http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-f
und-0> 


 
<http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-f
und-0> ELU Lpool 31-10-12.jpgWednesday 31 October 2012

 
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/lofstedt-asked-conduct-second-review-chance-rede
mption> Lofstedt has been asked to conduct a second review and OH Parsons'
solicitor Steve Cottingham will be updating delegates to our
<http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-f
und> Employment Law Update 2012 conference in Liverpool on the latest in
health and safety and the implications of Lofstedt's review and government
policy.

The event,
<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/employment-law-experts-blast-coalitions-ideologi
cal-attacks> which sold-out in London and has received excellent feedback
from delegates there, also includes presentations from experts across a wide
range of employment law issues, including whistleblowing, equality,
discrimination, TUPE, redundancy and tribunals.

This conference is filling up fast, so
<http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-f
und> click here to buy one of our last remaining tickets

 

 

 

 

Sarah Glenister

IT Development and Communications Assistant

Institute of Employment Rights

4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool, L3 8EG

0151 207 5265

 

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