Occupational health law - Diana Kloss

In five years since the third edition was written there have been enormous changes in the field of occupational health. The most significant development has been the Disability Discrimination Act, giving occupational health professionals a new role, but also creating some difficult ethical problems. the Act has recently been extended to include employees of small businesses and the emergency services.

The incorporation into UK law of the A European Convention on Human Rights has raised many novel issues for the courts, and the EU has also been involved in health and safety law and laws against discrimination at work.

There has been an inexorable rise in actions for personal injury, important changes in civil procedure following the Woolf reforms, and significant developments in the law on data protection and freedom of information.

All these are covered in this detailed but highly readable reference– an essential source for health professionals working in occupational health and for human resources staff