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is is a practical guide to health and safety issues in the offices of small and large businesses. It provides appropriate background knowledge, practical information and office-based examples on an increasing number of health and safety work place scenarios.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Managing health and safety in the office; Chapter 2 Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and its associated regulations; Chapter 3 Risk, risk assessment and risk management; Chapter 4 The office and its buildings; Chapter 5 Fire safety; Chapter 6 Office and computer equipment; Chapter 7 Manual handling; Chapter 8 Work-related stress; Chapter 9 Harassment and bullying in the workplace; Chapter 10 Working at home; Chapter 11 Work-related road risk; Chapter 12 First aid; Chapter 13 Employee rehabilitation following injury or illness; Chapter 14 Disability discrimination and its interaction with health and safety law; Chapter 15 Recording and reporting accidents; Chapter 16 Insurance; Chapter 17 Responding to a personal injury claim; Chapter 18 Prosecutions; Chapter 19 Setting up an office.
About the author
Written by a team of lawyers at Housemans Solicitors: Mike Appleby, a well known and respected practitioner in the filed and an experienced author. He is a partner specialising in health and safety law. Paul Maxwell, a solicitor who acts in all defendant civil employment and public liability matters, and Sid Toama, also a solicitor at Housemans.
Summary
is is a practical guide to health and safety issues in the offices of small and large businesses. It provides appropriate background knowledge, practical information and office-based examples on an increasing number of health and safety work place scenarios.
