Industrial Manslaughter Should be a Crime

Industrial Manslaughter Should be a Crime

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If you kill a worker, you should go to jail. Making industrial manslaughter a crime is unfinished business in the South Australian Parliament, and the Greens will be reintroducing legislation to make that happen when Parliament resumes. 

Under the Greens Bill an employer is guilty of an offence, with a maximum fine of $13 million and up to 20 years imprisonment, if:

  1. The employer breaches their duty of care;
  2. An employer knew, or was recklessly indifferent, that the act or omission constituting the breach would create a substantial risk of serious harm to a person;
  3. The breach causes the death ...

If you kill a worker, you should go to jail. Making industrial manslaughter a crime is unfinished business in the South Australian Parliament, and the Greens will be reintroducing legislation to make that happen when Parliament resumes. 

Under the Greens Bill an employer is guilty of an offence, with a maximum fine of $13 million and up to 20 years imprisonment, if:

  1. The employer breaches their duty of care;
  2. An employer knew, or was recklessly indifferent, that the act or omission constituting the breach would create a substantial risk of serious harm to a person;
  3. The breach causes the death of a person.

The Greens want to ensure that employers are taking their duty of care to their employees seriously. Every single workplace death is significant. Each one is a tragedy that will affect the lives of many others forever.  

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South Australian workers have waited long enough for this protection. Tell your local MP to support the Industrial Manslaughter Bill.

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