What is a Legal Compliance Audit?
A legal audit is an assessment of the business or organization’s business practices to determine its compliance with the laws and regulations that apply to it. The evaluation process and audit report highlights the company’s performance against legal standards and identifying areas where adherence needs to be stricter. The sectors subjected to assessment by Kruger E Attorneys are environmental, health and safety and general business compliance.
Why Kruger E Attorneys?
Eugene Kruger is a practicing Attorney with over 16 years of experience in Law. Since 2004 he has been involved in numerous liquor licensing assessments and applications. He is very well adverse with most aspects of the law as he was a general practice attorney since 2010 at his father’s firm, Eugene Kruger & Co Attorneys. In 2014 he obtained his Masters degree in Environmental Law from the North West University (NWU Potchefstroom). In April 2018 he joined forces with a Health and Safety Consultancy, Training and Implementation company, Bakusasa Transformation Academy (BTA) In June 2018 he became a Director of BTA. In August 2018 he left his father’s firm to open his own firm, Kruger E Attorneys, where he specializes in Environmental Law and Health and Safety Law.
As a practicing Attorney and a Director of BTA, Eugene Kruger is perfectly positioned to steer your companies Legal Compliance in the direction of sustainable business practices.
At Kruger E Attorneys we have a philosophy of teaming up with our clients to create, deliver and produce quality, time efficient and cost effective professional services.
At Kruger E Attorneys we can render you the following services in regards to Health and Safety as well as Environmental Compliance:
• Environmental Legal Compliance Audits in terms of NEMA
• Occupational Health and Safety Legal Compliance Audits.
• Assessment of environmental legislative compliance and authorization investigations relevant to new project developments.
• Assisting clients with the identification of environmental legal risks and liabilities during the planning and pre-feasibility, feasibility, operational and closure stages of projects.
• Due diligence investigations.
• Legal Review for Scoping documents and Environmental Impact Assessment Report.
• General environmental legal advice and legal assistance.
• Monitoring and updates of legal developments and the opportunity to provide input into legislative and policy developments if applicable.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Legal Compliance Audits:
In terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 all business are obliged to comply with this Act and its Regulations. Clauses 7 to 20 place responsibilities on all employers that must be complied with and must be readily available for inspection.
- Assessment of all licenses and applications done as per the National, Provincial and Local Legislation and Regulations. Preliminary site inspections for report purposes will be done.
- Inspections will be focused on all safety aspects in regards to the employees as well as the visitors.
- Time-frame for this is normally around 6 to 7 hours, depending on the size and operation of the business.
- Comprehensive report will be issued with specific reference to extremely high, medium and low risk factors. (Delivered within 7 working days, depending of the size and operation of the business)
- Suggestions will be made in regards to the need and requirements for general Health and Safety as well as site specific implementation. Eugene Kruger (Jnr) is a co-Director of Bakusasa Transformation Academy (BTA) that renders HSE, Health and Safety Implementation and on-site/ off site Training Courses. Quotations for implementation and Training will be acquired from BTA shortly after the Audits.
Environmental Legal Compliance Audits:
- Assessment of all licenses and applications done as per the National, Provincial and Local Legislation and Regulations.
- Preliminary site inspections for report purposes will be done. Timeframe for this is normally around 5 to 6 hours, depending on the size and operation of the business.
- Inspections (documentary and site) will be focused on all environmental aspects including waste, waste management, water usage, water storage, air pollution and actions relating to wild and exotic animals.
- Comprehensive report will be issued with specific reference to extremely high, medium and low risk factors. (Delivered within 7 working days, depending of the size and operation of the business)
- Suggestions will be made in regards to the need and requirements for applications in terms of the Norms and Standards (where applicable) and or any required or suggested licenses or authorizations applications.