Through high level health and safety performance…

manage a key business risk;

delivers business benefits;

minimise the chance of legal action against: individual directors, the board, and the organisation.

Directors and board members have the key role.

Director Leadership

Why consider health and safety leadership now?

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act in force since 6 April 2008

•Spur for organisations to ensure health and safety management is up to scratch

•New offence and penalties but no new duties

•Corporate not individual liability but individuals can still be prosecuted for manslaughter / health and safety offences

Leadership Guidance

Produced by the Institute of Directors (IoD) and HSE involving nominees from CBI,TUC, FSB, IOSH, LGA, NCVO, NHS and University of Warwick Law School

Written ‘by directors, for directors’ for use in the private sector, public sector and third sector

www.hse.gov.uk/leadership

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Leadership Guidance

The guidance contains:

core actions

how it can be done

case studies

checklist

information on legal liabilities

IoD/HSE Guidance

Essential principles:

strong and active leadership from the top; worker involvement; assessment and review.

Deliver through a four point action plan:

…Plan…Do…Check...Act…

Now - it’s up to you!