Red Tape Challenge

Friday, 08 July 2011 09:55  |  Delia Cannings

The Red Tape Challenge, a new Government initiative, is offering companies the opportunity to have their say on regulations that affect their businesses.

Health and safety regulations are designed to protect employees, employers and the public from harm arising from work activities.

Health and safety should be proportionate to risk and the regulations should reflect that. The government has already started reforms to health and safety and the Red Tape Challenge will enable everyone to have their say on the regulations underpinning Great Britain's health and safety culture, whether they work in the field of health and safety or have experience of the regulation as an employee, business owner or member of the public.

We want to hear from everyone, whether you think that a regulation is well designed and provides vital protections, or if you think that a regulation is badly planned, badly implemented or simply a bad idea.

Please follow the link if you would like to nominate a piece of regulation which you think hinders your productivity: http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/red-tape-challenge/index.htm