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IR Bill "sets new bar" for industrial manslaughter prosecutions
The Federal Government's proposed industrial manslaughter laws will see businesses and senior officers face much tougher penalties, but until a prosecution occurs they're unlikely to prompt much change, an employment law specialist says.
The new industrial manslaughter offence in the Closing Loopholes Bill, if passed, will be added to the Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act 2011, and will apply to Federal Government departments and certain businesses self-insured under the Comcare scheme.
But each state can also opt in to the new penalties, and this is particularly important in New South Wales, which doesn't currently have an industrial manslaughter regime, Hickson Lawyers partner Warwick Ryan tells HR Daily...
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