Health and Safety

Virtually all employers are now required to carry out risk assessments and draw up policies appropriate to their circumstances. This guide is designed to help them meet their legal requirements as painlessly as possible.

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Virtually all employers are now required to carry out risk assessments and draw up policies appropriate to their circumstances. To help them meet their legal requirements as painlessly as possible, this definitive guide examines: the basic structure of UK health and safety law - common law, civil law, statutory obligations and enforcement bodies; the impact of long working hours and the risk of claims for stress-related illnesses; new rights protecting the "whistleblowers" who go out on a limb to expose their employers' wrong-doing; and the importance of effective workplace policies on AIDS, smoking, VDUs and violence.