OH legal update

Summary of new and forthcoming law and legislation

Summary:

AMONG the most important changes affecting OH for the coming year will be the expected enactment of the Equality Bill, which was in the final stages of its passage through Parliament as Occupational Health [atWork] went to press. The Bill will harmonise discrimination legislation and, in the field of disability, will introduce new definitions for disability discrimination, prohibit most pre-employment…

 

Author: Ballard J, Suff P

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Occupational Health at Work April/May 2010 (vol. 06/6) pp22-45

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