1. Owen Tudor TUC Senior Policy Officer
Directors
Owen Tudor
TUC Senior Policy Officer

2. Responsibility and accountability
Responsibilities for health and safety cannot be delegated
Health and safety must be led from the top and by example
Directors need to be accountable to all their stakeholders – workers as well as shareholders

3. Different Directors Small firms Large firms
Public and voluntary sector

4. HSC guidance Voluntary Five principles collective leadership role
individual role as leaders
board decisions must include health and safety
workers’ participation
process of keeping the issue on the agenda (eg the safety director)

5. What we want
Clarity
Focus
Enforceability
Reproducability
Universality

6. What we don’t want Scapegoating Buck-passing
Crown immunity or other exemptions
Lots of convictions or lots of acquittals