Guides to aid companies with the Corporate Manslaughter Act.
Leasing giant Alphabet has created two guides to aid companies with the Corporate Manslaughter Act.
The first explains the requirements and enforcements of the act. While the second guide, highlights road traffic law and common offences.
The Corporate Manslaughter Act was introduced earlier this year allows an organisation to be found guilty of corporate manslaughter if a senior management failure causes a breach in duty of care. This means anyone driving on company business should be protected by the company’s duty of care.
If there has been a breach by the company then the police investigating a work-related road death would consider three elements: the vehicle, the driver and the journey. If a car isn’t roadworthy, a driver isn’t fit to drive, or if he/she was asked to undertake too long a trip, then a company can be held liable.
If found guilty a company can expect to face large fines that the Sentencing Guidelines Council aims to base on turnover rather than profit. Further more Senior officials can still be prosecuted under existing manslaughter laws and can receive custodial sentences of around two-three years.
Both of these guides from Alphabet can be obtained for free by calling Alphabet on 0870 50 50 100
Simon McBride
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