RETENTION OF WORKPLACE INSURANCE POLICIES

That this House recognises the importance of the regulation which requires employers to retain employers' liability compulsory insurance policies for 40 years; notes that the regulation will help employees diagnosed in the future with work-related illnesses such as asbestos-related disease to claim the compensation to which they are entitled; is concerned that without this regulation, unscrupulous employers could evade their responsibilities to injured workers by destroying insurance records; and calls on the Government to retain regulation 4(4) of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998.