Health & Safety Law - What You Need to Know in 2023

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar will take health and safety lawyers and professional advisors connected with health and safety in the workplace, through key developments and cases that have shaped the law over the past year.

What You Will Learn

This live broadcast will cover the following:

• Current Key Risks in Health and Safety
• HSE statistics
• Business impacts/impact on contractual arrangements
• Occupational health issues
• Brexit and H&S
• Hybrid working - mental health & wellbeing considerations
• Refresher on Corporate and Individual H&S Duties
• The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Fire safety - The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Scrutiny of the Health and Safety Executive
• Legislative Changes
• The Fire Safety Act 2021
• The Building Safety Act 2022 and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2023
• The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 - impact on health and safety
• International standards - ISO45003
• Legal privilege
• The 2016 Health & Safety Sentencing Guidelines
• Case studies - fines since the guidelines were issued
• Corporate manslaughter - has anything changed?
• Q&A

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.