Why industrial manslaughter laws are unlikely to save lives in the workplace
- Written by Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
In May, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that a re-elected Labor government would legislate for a new criminal offence of workplace manslaughter.
Designed to severely punish companies that cause industrial deaths, penalties would not only include far greater fines than currently exist but, significantly, could result in 20 years’...
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