Lawyers warn as $100,000 fine imposed under new workplace safety rules
Fine would have been higher if firm had ability to pay.
Corporate lawyers are warning of the implications of new health and safety reforms which can increase fines by up to six times as the first sentence under the Health and Safety at Work Act has been handed down.
Budget Plastics was fined $100,000 and ordered to pay $37,000 in reparation after an
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Victoria Young
Mon, 28 Aug 2017
Mon, 28 Aug 2017
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