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Union warns on corporate killing Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 January 2008

The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and families of workers killed in workplace accidents will lobby the Scottish Parliament today to raise concerns about corporate homicide legislation. 

General Secretary Grahame Smith said: "Our position on corporate killing legislation has not changed. Our deep disappointment that the legislation introduced on 8th April will not hold individuals culpable who, through their management failures, cause the deaths of workers or members of the public, has not diminished.

"A motorist whose driving falls below an unacceptable standard and causes death on the roads can, and quite rightly often do, face imprisonment. However, when company bosses display similar standards of unacceptable behaviour they escape justice. The penalties faced by individuals in companies for financial negligence often greatly exceed the penalties imposed for negligence in cases of workplace fatalities. This leaves the families of the victims totally bereft and feeling cheated by the justice system

Smith added that families were often made to wait three or more years before finally finding out the precise circumstances that led to the deaths of family members.

"That is why we are here today with families from across the United Kingdom to ask the Scottish Parliament to revisit our common law of culpable homicide and ensure that it applies across our society, irrespective of whether the crime is committed in the street, on a road or in a workplace and to demand changes in the Fatal Accident Inquiry procedure that makes them more effective and expedient ion providing the answers the families deserve."
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