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With workplace deaths increasing in the past few years - particularly in the construction and engineering sectors - it's vitally important that directors are aware of their responsibilities under the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 and take steps to ensure their business complies with the relevant legislation. Recently, the Sentencing Advisory Panel, the body responsible for advising courts on sentencing under the Act, issued new guidelines that could mean fines will "seldom be below £500,000".