Employment law and occupational health: a practical handbook provides an essential guide to best practice for all occupational health practitioners. This readable guide to the law will help to ensure both business success and respect for individual employment rights. The cost of sickness absence can present major costs and business management problems to employers and safeguarding health is therefore vital to every individual and to all employers. Employment law and occupational health: a practical handbook explores key issues in occupational health practice from pre-employment, through health surveillance and occupational health services to termination of employment. Topics explored include ethical and confidentiality issues, discrimination, data protection, working abroad, pregnancy and maternity leave, workplace policies, drugs and alcohol testing, stress, counselling, health surveillance and professional conduct rules.

Employment law and occupational health: a practical handbookprovides an essential guide to best practice for all occupationalhealth practitioners. This readable guide to the law will help toensure both business success and respect for individual employmentrights. The cost of sickness absence can present major costs andbusiness management problems to employers and safeguarding healthis therefore vital to every individual and to all employers.
Employment law and occupational health: a practicalhandbook explores key issues in occupational health practicefrom pre-employment, through health surveillance and occupationalhealth services to termination of employment. Topics exploredinclude ethical and confidentiality issues, discrimination, dataprotection, working abroad, pregnancy and maternity leave,workplace policies, drugs and alcohol testing, stress, counselling,health surveillance and professional conduct rules.

* * Pre-employment: to cover job advertisements and descriptions;risk assessment; pre employment health assessment; relevant health,safety and employment legislation.

* Records and reports: to cover the legal issues of writingreports and keeping records including the Data Protection Act andrelevant codes of practice, professional bodies recommendations andother relevant legislation.

* Health Surveillance: to include risk assessment and relevantlegislation and codes of practice for COSHH; MSDs: travel health;driving; night workers etc.

* Occupational health services: to include accident and injuryissues; counselling; administration of medicines, stress managementplanning etc.

* In sickness and in health: vital factors and issues coveringthe role of OH in sickness absence and rehabilitation, includingthe Disability Discrimination Act

* Termination of employment: including following fair procedures,employment tribunals, unfair/constructive dismissal; retirement;ill health retirement; permanent health insurance schemes;redundancy and statutory rights