Employment Law and Occupational Health: A Practical Handbook
Author(s): Joan Lewis (Author), Greta Thornbory (Contributor)
Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
Publication Date: August 24, 2006
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 216 pages
ISBN-10: 1405149728
ISBN-13: 9781405149723
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 to employers and safeguarding health is therefore vital to every individual and to all employers.
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Review
“Exploring all key issues in occupational health practice from pre-employment to termination of employment, it provides information on topics that include confidentiality, discrimination, drugs and alcohol problems, stress and counselling, maternity leave and working abroad – all very usefully backed up with a range of case studies, procedural checklists and templates for letters and documents.” Templeton Bulletin, Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK, July 2006
From the Back Cover
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.
About the Author
Joan Lewis is Consultant on employment law and human resources management. Greta Thorbory is Consultant, Occuaptional Health and Education, and Consultant Editor, OH journal.
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