Employment law and occupational health - Joan Lewis

This readable guide to the law will help to ensure both businesssuccess and respect for individual employment rights. The cost ofsickness absence can present major costs and business managementproblems. Safeguarding health is therefore vital to bothindividuals and 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.

This second edition has been fully revised and updated toinclude a number of significant changes to employment law, as wellas new case law decisions that have occurred since the firstedition was published.  Essential new material has also beenincluded around age discrimination, disability discrimination,work–related stress, corporate manslaughter and workplacebullying.

• An accessible, practical guide to applying health law ineveryday practice.
• For any employer, and particularly occupational health andhuman resources professionals.
• Addresses key employment issues from pre–employment totermination of employment.
• Includes case studies, procedural checklists, and templateletters and forms