OH legal and practice update

Review and preview of OH law, policy and practice

Summary:

OCCUPATIONAL Health at Work’s 11th annual update is a comprehensive digest of recent, scheduled and expected changes to the law, codes of practice and policy in occupational health and safety, disability and professional practice. Notable developments include an upcoming Court of Appeal hearing on adjustments to sickness absence triggers for those with disabilities, the new cap on Access to Work grants for people with disabilities, a law prohibiting……      

John Ballard is editor of Occupational Health [at Work].

Rebecca Ghani is news and features writer of Occupational Health [at Work].

The authors thank Allan Tyrer for reviewing the case law on disability and equality.

Author: Ballard J and Ghani R

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Occupational Health at Work April/May 2015 (vol. 11/6) pp14-45

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