Risk assessments are a legal obligation for all businesses. If you have five or more employees then the findings must be recorded in writing. The creation, review and updating of risk assessments is a huge burden to businesses. Most health & safety prosecutions include charges relating to risk assessment and recent legislation in the form of the Health & Safety Offences and Penalties Act 2008. Also, the sentencing guidelines issued by the High Court as part of two recent Appeal Cases have increased penalties for health and safety offences.

Are you fully aware of your legal obligations?

Are you recording risk assessment data accurately enough to remain compliant?

We would like to invite you to this lunchtime seminar, hosted by leading law firm Burness and technology specialists eSquiggles. The seminar will outline the legislative framework surrounding risk assessment, the steps required for legal compliance and the consequences of failure. Attendees will also gain an insight into how technology can improve your data collection, enhance management reporting and help achieve legislative compliance.

Relevant for: individuals with building management, facilities management, health & safety, environmental and legionella risk assessment responsibilities.

Key Speakers
Diane Turner, Associate, Burness LLP
Diane Turner is a former Procurator Fiscal Depute who has spent the last seven years specialising in Health & Safety and Environmental Law. Diane is a specialist member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and leads the Corporate Defence Team at Burness.

Drew Wotherspoon, Consultant, eSquiggles
Drew Wotherspoon has over eight years experience of advising clients on IT solutions and services which improve business processes, make working practices more efficient and reduce overheads. Over the past two years his primary focus has been on data collection software and its adoption within the facilities management sector and public sector. Drew is a member of the BIFM (British Institute of Facilities Management).