Health and safety and Health and Safety Executive: what the spending cuts will mean. Report and recommendations
"The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health believes that cuts in prevention are a false economy and any reduction in HSE activities will lead to increased costs from sickness absence, compensation and benefit costs. Reducing expenditure on prevention does not fit with...
| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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London
2010
All-Party Parliamentatry Group on Occupational Health |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19183047124919012299-Health-and-safety-and-Health-a.htm |
| Summary: | "The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health believes that cuts in prevention are a false economy and any reduction in HSE activities will lead to increased costs from sickness absence, compensation and benefit costs. Reducing expenditure on prevention does not fit with the government's stated intention of reducing the number of people on benefits, in particular incapacity benefit. In addition the cuts are likely to lead to an increase in the number of deaths, injuries and illnesses. These will have a real impact on those at work as well as their families and dependants." |
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| Physical Description: | 14 p. Paper |