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Enhancing Accountability Through Law: Advocacy for Workplace Safety and Justice

This organization is dedicated to ensuring proper enforcement of health and safety laws, investigating deaths and injuries resulting from corporate activities, and advocating for effective criminal investigations and sanctions. They offer advisory services, training, research, and advocacy work, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Through legal reform demands, such as removing crown immunity, imposing safety duties on directors, and reforming corporate manslaughter laws, they seek to improve accountability and justice in the workplace. They call for a more effective sentencing policy and steps to enhance law enforcement, including empowering trade union safety reps and increasing resources for safety enforcement agencies.

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Enhancing Accountability Through Law: Advocacy for Workplace Safety and Justice

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  1. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW The CCA Steve Tombs, CCA

  2. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW The CCA • an independent non-profit advice, research and advocacy organisation Steve Tombs, CCA

  3. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW The CCA • an independent non-profit advice, research and advocacy organisation • seeks to ensure that health and safety law is properly enforced and that deaths and injuries resulting from corporate (and other organisational) activities are subject to adequate criminal investigations, and, where appropriate, prosecution and effective sanctions Steve Tombs, CCA

  4. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW The CCA • an independent non-profit advice, research and advocacy organisation • seeks to ensure that health and safety law is properly enforced and that deaths and injuries resulting from corporate (and other organisational) activities are subject to adequate criminal investigations, and, where appropriate, prosecution and effective sanctions • funded by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Steve Tombs, CCA

  5. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR WORK Steve Tombs, CCA

  6. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR WORK • Advice, Training and Education Work-Related Death Advice Service Steve Tombs, CCA

  7. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR WORK • Advice, Training and Education Work-Related Death Advice Service • Research Steve Tombs, CCA

  8. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR WORK • Advice, Training and Education Work-Related Death Advice Service • Research • Advocacy Steve Tombs, CCA

  9. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? Steve Tombs, CCA

  10. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • Legitimacy Steve Tombs, CCA

  11. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • Legitimacy • Symbolism Steve Tombs, CCA

  12. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • Legitimacy • Symbolism • Accountability Steve Tombs, CCA

  13. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • Legitimacy • Symbolism • Accountability • Sanctions Steve Tombs, CCA

  14. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • Legitimacy • Symbolism • Accountability • Sanctions • Justice Steve Tombs, CCA

  15. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • Legitimacy • Symbolism • Accountability • Sanctions • Justice • Deterrence Steve Tombs, CCA

  16. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW WHY LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • Legitimacy • Symbolism • Accountability • Sanctions • Justice • Deterrence • Law as One ‘Tool’ Steve Tombs, CCA

  17. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must introduce legal reforms to: Steve Tombs, CCA

  18. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must introduce legal reforms to: • remove remaining crown immunity Steve Tombs, CCA

  19. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must introduce legal reforms to: • remove remaining crown immunity • imposelegally bindingsafety duties upon company directors Steve Tombs, CCA

  20. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must introduce legal reforms to: • remove remaining crown immunity • imposelegally bindingsafety duties upon company directors • reform the law ofcorporate manslaughter Steve Tombs, CCA

  21. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must introduce legal reforms to: • remove remaining crown immunity • imposelegally bindingsafety duties upon company directors • reform the law ofcorporate manslaughter • facilitate private prosecutions Steve Tombs, CCA

  22. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must develop a more effective sentencing policy: Steve Tombs, CCA

  23. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must develop a more effective sentencing policy: • reform the waycompanies are sentenced Steve Tombs, CCA

  24. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must develop a more effective sentencing policy: • reform the waycompanies are sentenced • reform the law to allow courts to imprison company directors and managers Steve Tombs, CCA

  25. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must take steps to improve enforcement of existing law. Specifically, it should: Steve Tombs, CCA

  26. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must take steps to improve enforcement of existing law. Specifically, it should: • give trade union safety reps power to impose a form of provisional improvement notices Steve Tombs, CCA

  27. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must take steps to improve enforcement of existing law. Specifically, it should: • give trade union safety reps power to impose a form of provisional improvement notices • substantially increase the resources it gives to the HSE and to LAs Steve Tombs, CCA

  28. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must take steps to improve enforcement of existing law. Specifically, it should: • give trade union safety reps power to impose a form of provisional improvement notices • substantially increase the resources it gives to the HSE and to LAs • ensure that the HSC adopts an improved enforcement policy statement Steve Tombs, CCA

  29. ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE LAW OUR DEMANDS The Government must take steps to improve enforcement of existing law. Specifically, it should: • give trade union safety reps power to impose a form of provisional improvement notices • substantially increase the resources it gives to the HSE and to LAs • ensure that the HSC adopts an improved enforcement policy statement • enhance accountability of the HSC/E Steve Tombs, CCA

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