Book description
'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. Safeguarding health is therefore vital to both individuals
and employers.
'Employment Law and Occupational Health' 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.
This second edition has been fully revised and updated to include a
number of significant changes to employment law as well as new case
law decisions that have occurred since the 1st Edition was published.
Essential new material has also been included around age
discrimination, disability discrimination, work related stress,
corporate manslaughter and work-place bullying.
- An accessible, practical guide to applying health law in
everyday practice.
- For occupational health nurses and other occupational health practitioners.
- Addresses key employment issues from pre-employment to
termination of employment.
- Includes case studies, procedural checklists, and template
letters and forms.
Joan Lewis is a consultant on employment law and
human resources management.
Greta Thornbory is a consultant on occupational health and
education.
