Similar to equivalent guidelines published for environmental offences (July 2014) and fraud and bribery (October 2014), the Guideline created a new and more prescriptive approach to sentencing corporate offenders for health and safety offences. (corkerbinning.com)
In line with the guidelines for sentencing environmental offences which came into force in July, the proposed guidelines include tariffs of fine ranges for companies with different levels of annual turnover, modified by the seriousness of the offence and the level of organisational culpability. (healthandsafetyatwork.com)
New government policies since the last review, including the definitive guidelines for the sentencing of environmental offences, the code for crown prosecutors, the victims» rights to review and government guidance on the economic growth duty. (burges-salmon.com)