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The Law of Health and Safety at Work

2016/17

By (author) Wolters Kluwer
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (UK) Limited, Surrey, United Kingdom
Published: 12th Sep 2016
ISBN-10: 1855247887
ISBN-13: 9781855247888
Barcode No: 9781855247888
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Nov 27th 2016, 22:03
THE MOST ENDURING AND CELEBRATED SHORT WORK ON HEALTH & SAFETY AT WORK LAWS FOR ALL INVOLVED
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THE MOST ENDURING AND CELEBRATED SHORT WORK ON HEALTH & SAFETY AT WORK LAWS FOR ALL INVOLVED

An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers

It is always a pleasure to review Rachel Moore’s annual edition of the Wolters Kluwer paperback on health and safety at work laws. The new 25th edition for 2016/17 has now appeared after the momentous decision was made to leave the European Union so stand by for change!

The original text was written by the late Norman Selwyn and it is now forty years since the 1974 Act came into force. As Teresa Budworth writes in the Foreword, “there is no doubt that the Act has had a major impact on health and safety in the UK and has saved many lives”. As editor Rachel Moore says, “the importance of health and safety cannot be underestimated” with compliance literally meaning the difference between life and death in extreme situations. How right she is!

The reason for this short law book’s success (it runs to just over 600 pages) lies with the businesses and organisations who manage their health and safety issues well are “likely to be more efficient and financially healthier” if they understand the rules and this book helps every level of reader. The reason: accidents and ill-health can be a major cost to an organisation.

Budworth goes on to comment that the laws stated here underpin the work of health and safety practitioners who are often “charged with helping their organisation to understand and comply with legal requirements” and this is where the beauty and benefits of the book lie.

It’s a grasp of the principles of modern legislation which is essential for business and the advice in this annual statement will be in valuable for a wide range of readers: trade unionists, safety officers, advisers and of course all levels of the workforce, for this ‘goal setting’ legislation as Budworth describes it “places the responsibility on the creators of risks to find cost-effective solutions to control them”.

It is also a most important current statement on the law which is not going to be immediately affected in any way by Brexit in our view and that of the author. Although many regulations have arisen to “transpose EU Directives” it is right to say that during the changes which are bound to occur with Brexit means that the regulations will “remain in effect and many can be considered to simply add more detail to the principles which existed in UK health and safety law from before we joined” the EU… and we are sure this is correct so businesses will find this little gem of a book just right for them during this tremendous period of upheaval which will start from 2017.

As the editor concludes with her most recent edition, we do not know what laws may or may not be changed but we do know one thing: “the UK is already seen as a global leader on health and safety standards” so any changes are likely to “try and reinforce that status” and that is probably exactly what will happen when Brexit bites, whether it is a “hard” or “soft” option as the anti-marketeers will have a success either because they won the argument but many of our laws should remain intact.

Thank you, Rachel, for setting out the keeping of the balance between the degree of risk and its management as we enter the 2020s.

The publication date is cited as at July 2016.