Employment law and occupational health [[electronic resource] ] : a practical handbook / / Joan Lewis & Greta Thornbory

• Autore: Lewis Joan, MCIPD
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.410465; 344.4204/65
• Soggetto topico: Industrial hygiene - Law and legislation - England; Industrial safety - Law and legislation - England; Labor laws and legislation - England
• Altri autori: ThornboryGreta
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: EMPLOYMENT LAW AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH: A Practical Handbook; Contents; Stress-related illness; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Table of Statutory Instruments; Other Legal References; Introduction; 1 Recruitment and Pre-employment Health Assessment; Employment law perspectives; Preparing to recruit; Job descriptions; Advertising; Applications; Selection; Offers of employment; Occupational health perspectives; What is occupational health?; Risk assessments; Health assessment; Methods of health assessment; 2 Records and Reports ; Legal perspectivesThe Data Protection Act 1998; Health records and confidentiality; Health reports; The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998; The Human Rights Act 1998; Occupational health perspectives; The duty of confidentiality; Clinical audit; Writing reports; 3 Health Surveillance; Legal perspectives; What is health surveillance?; Health and safety policy; Legal redress: criminal cases; Legal redress: civil cases; Accident and incident reporting; Record keeping and accident books; First aid; Occupational health perspectives; Cooperation and communication; The effects of work on health ; Regulations and health surveillanceHealth surveillance for physical hazards; Occupational health action; Working with chemicals and hazardous substances; Summary; 4 Occupational Health Services; Introduction of occupational health; Role and function of occupational health; Moral and ethical aspects of occupational health; Development of occupational health related law; Financial issues; Functions of an occupational health service; Occupational health professionals; Types of occupational health services; What services can occupational health offer?; Employment law perspectives ; Discrimination and unfair employment practicesTravelling abroad; Stress, bullying and harassment; Working time regulations; Drugs and alcohol; Family-friendly working; Working from home; Cars and health; Summary; 5 In Sickness and in Health; Absence management; Confidentiality; Handling sickness and absence; Achieving improved attendance; Frequent short-term absence; Sickness during disciplinary and other internal proceedings; Longer-term ill health absence; Disability discrimination; Sickness absence management; Employment policies and protocols; Return to work policy ; Sick pay and medical evidenceMedical suspension; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational health perspective; Employment law perspectives; Occupational health perspective; 6 Termination of Employment; Employment law perspectives; Statutory procedures; Dismissal; Medical and occupational health advice; Employment tribunals; The expert witness; Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS); Age discrimination; Occupational health perspectives; Appendices; 1: Occupational health service confidentiality policy; 2: Sample pre-employment health assessment form ; 3: COSHH surveillance registration form
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Employment law and occupational health
• ISBN: 1-280-74891-5; 9786610748914; 0-470-77667-6; 1-4051-7223-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996213070803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno