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A RECENT Privy Council ruling on occupational safety complaints has revealed weaknesses in TT’s workplace safety system but provides an opportunity to improve it, Anna Henderson, president of the American Chamber of Commerce of TT (AmCham TT), said on November 11.

The ruling, delivered in September, clarified that workplace safety charges must be filed within six months of an incident, coming to the attention of an Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) inspector, rather than the previously assumed two-year period.

The six-month limit applies to criminal offences and safety breaches, while civil cases retain the longer window.