SIMPLY carrying out company policy could land supervisors and managers in jail, while "alarm bells" should be ringing for small business, warn lawyers due to address The Safety Conference on in October in Sydney.
Small business owners are particularly at risk of personal prosecution, which could result in fines of up to $82,500 and jail terms of up to two years, say Mark Sullivan and Joseph Ryan of Lander and Rogers Lawyers.
The pair believes small business is being targeted for legal action over workplace deaths and injury under the NSW Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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