Clearview North November 2013 - Issue 144 | Page 90
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CUTS TO RED TAPE MARK ‘FREEDOM
DAY’ FOR UK BUSINESSES
Business Minister Michael Fallon announced
good news for the growth prospects of UK
companies as more common sense cuts to red
tape are implemented.
The reforms are part of the government’s drive
to make the UK the best place to start and grow
a business.
Major reforms to reduce burdens on employers
include:
• freeing responsible employers from being held
liable for workplace accidents and injuries
where they have taken all reasonable steps to
protect their employees, through reforms to
civil liability rules for breaches of health and
safety law
• simplifying the mandatory reporting of
workplace injuries for businesses, while ensuring
that the data collected gives an accurate picture
of workplace incidents
• improving third party harassment legislation, so
that employers will no longer be explicitly liable
for third party harassment of staff, for example
by customers or member of the public
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