Employment Law and Occupational Health: A Practical Handbook [Paperback]

Joan Lewis (Author), Greta Thornbory (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1405149728 | ISBN-13: 978-1405149723 | Edition: 1

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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"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

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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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (October 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405149728
• ISBN-13: 978-1405149723
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,334,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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