Workplace health and safety ''should not be taken lightly''
Date posted: 03 Dec 2009
Regulations relating to health and safety in UK workplaces should not be taken lightly, it has been claimed.
Brendan Barber, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, believes that employers should continue to focus on good occupational health standards.
Mr Barber said: "The idea that employers are being over-zealous in their application of health and safety regulation is simply not true.
"The reality is exactly the opposite - last year 246,000 people were injured at work."
Regulations relating to health and safety in UK workplaces should not be taken lightly, it has been claimed.
Brendan Barber, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, believes that employers should continue to focus on good occupational health standards.
Mr Barber said: "The idea that employers are being over-zealous in their application of health and safety regulation is simply not true.
"The reality is exactly the opposite - last year 246,000 people were injured at work."
Speaking after recent comments made by Conservative Party leader David Cameron about health and safety, he also suggested that there is currently less health and safety legislation to comply with than there was around three decades ago.
The UK''s Health and Safety Executive currently checks that companies are meeting the standards of workplace health and safety that are expected of them.
While aiming to ensure regulations are enforced, the body also seeks to raise awareness of safety issues.
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