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Legal Aspects Of
Workplace Safety, Health & Environment (Re-run No. 100)
Including
the
Workplace Safety & Health laws and the Singapore's OSH framework
By Lee Kwok Weng, MOM
trained WSHA trainer
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The Workplace Safety Health Act (WSH Act) and the present occupational
safety health ( |
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Date Scheduled |
17,18 April 2024 (Wed, Thurs) |
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Duration |
2 days |
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Time |
8.30am to 6.00pm |
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Venue |
Hotel Grand Pacific (101 Victoria Street, Singapore 188018) This course is available either by zoom or at
the hotel |
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Registration Fee |
$790 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable |
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Early Bird Registration (Pay on or before 10 April 2024) |
$700 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable |
Qualified
by Professional Engineers Board for 16 PDUs or 16 CET Hours
Qualified by Singapore
Institution of Safety Officers for 16
Safety Development Units
Click here for the Registration Form
You will
hear from a speaker who is a retired senior lawyer with nearly 29 years of
continuous private practice under his own law firm and has many extensive
industrial, projects, safety health & environment management experience as
a practising engineer and project engineer/senior project manager. Mr. Lee will
discuss amongst others, the statutory duties & liabilities under the WSH
Act & the new OSH legal framework as well as under the environmental
protection laws and will also share his experience as to the reasonable OSH
practice to adopt & suggested checklist to follow in order to contain or
alleviate such possible pitfalls
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Who Should Attend: |
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Professional Engineers, Engineers, Business Owners, Employers, Consultants, Technical Professionals, Managers, Safety Officers, Contractors or anyone who is concerned or dealing with health & safety matters in the factories, industries and other workplace
**Note: For all disciplines of engineering |
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Objective |
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Course Details of Law Seminar / Programme |
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Day 1 - Introduction
to Singapore Law and
basis of - Law of Tort of negligence · introduction to the Law of Tort – in comparison to criminal wrong & types of tort · elements of the tort of negligence & general defences · negligent misstatement (giving negligent advice) & general defences · professional negligence & liabilities of business owners, PEs, engineers, technical professionals, consultants, safety officers, managers, etc · direct & vicarious liability · selected examples of cases involving factories, construction sites and the engineering & building industries · how to “protect” from civil claims or at least contain it?
- The duties and responsibilities of Business Owner, PE, Engineer, RSO, Technical Professional, Manager, etc relating to occupational health & safety in the workplace · to relevant authorities · to employees · to third parties · to general public
Day 2 - Aspects of Labour Laws and Technical Legislations relating to occupational health & safety in the workplace · consequences of breach of duties and possible defence - The new OSH Framework & WSH laws and their impact
· the new OSH Framework and its impact on owners/operators of workplace, employers, management, PEs/engineers, consultants, technical professionals, designers, safety officers, safety consultants & safety professionals or contractors
- Discussion on the Nicoll Highway collapse, Keppel Shipyard incident , SMRT 2016 workplace safety fatal accident and other cases
· case studies on the Nicoll Highway, Keppel Shipyard & SMRT 2016 workplace safety fatal accidents and the possible civil & criminal liabilities and their impact on business owners, PEs, engineers, RSOs, other professionals and contractors
- Criminal Laws relating to occupational health & safety in the workplace |
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Speaker’s CV |
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Mr. Lee Kwok Weng, B.Eng. (Mech.)(S'pore), M.Sc.(Ind.Eng)(NUS), DipBA(NUS),
GradDip Mktg.(MIS), LLB(Hons)(Bucks), LLM(Lond), Barrister-at-Law, Advocate
& Solicitor (Retired), Supreme Court of Singapore, MMIS, MSIArb, FIES,
Honorary Legal Advisor, IES & SISO, a senior lawyer was in continuous
private legal practice for almost 29 years running his own law firm before
his retirement from legal practice. He
specialises in Business Contracts, Negligence, Safety & Environmental
laws, Information Technology and Engineering, Construction & Building
Laws before he retired from legal practice. He is a trained practising Mediator and had been a principal Mediator on the panel of the Singapore Mediation Centre for many years before he stepped down to conduct private mediation. He is also an accredited arbitrator.
He has for many years been an adjunct Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Admin, National University of Singapore, teaching Business Law in the MBA programme. He has also for many years an Adjunct Lecturer at the Nanyang Technological University & BCA Academy. He is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and is well-versed in the technical field, marketing and management practice too. Mr. Lee brings with him considerable industrial project and business development management experience, having worked as a project engineer/manager for more than 12 years in the public & private sectors. Eventually before he switched to the legal profession, he was a senior project manager in a leading Multi-national engineering and construction corporation serving the energy, marine, oil and gas industries onshore and offshore. |
