Survey shows 1 in 12 workers under pressure to take risks
June 25th 2009 One in 12 workers feels under pressure from their boss to take risks with people’s safety in order to save money according to the BSC’s second annual survey into the attitudes of bosses and workers to safety in the workplace.
The survey also shows one in 10 workers is reluctant to raise concerns about health and safety issues in the current economic climate Launching the survey Brian Nimick, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, said: “No one should have to work in a situation where they fear for their safety because of unsafe practices. There needs to be a clearly defined “safe to work” covenant between workers and bosses if we are to make the workplace in the UK and elsewhere as safe as possible.
“Even in the current challenging financial climate facing industry, now is not the time to make health and safety costs a casualty of cut backs.”.
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