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Health and Safety: An Overview

Health and Safety: An Overview

health and safety in the workplace

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Description

In recent years health and safety law has become an increasingly highlighted issue. This often complex area is frequently questioned and criticised, however with over 27 million working days lost between 2012-2013 due to work related illnesses and injury it will continue to be an area of focus.

It is vital that legal professionals are aware of the current issues in health and safety law to ensure they can protect clients exposed to liability. This course will provide viewers with an introduction into health and safety law from both criminal and civil law perspectives and will offer an in-depth examination of the relevant Acts which practitioners must be aware of and the duties required under this legislation. The way in which health and safety law can be enforced will also be considered.

What you'll learn

On completion of this course you will:
- Understand the basics of health and safety legislation
- Be familiar with the following Acts
- Have considered health and safety statistics and European directives

Requirements

Watch 1 hour recorded webinar
This course provides one CPD point

Who is the target audience?

This course will be of interest to legal practitioners and HR professionals who would like a greater understanding of health and safety law.

Course Content

Recorded Webinars

Webinar

01:04:24

Written and recorded by Kathy Daniels

Documentation

Slides

16 Pages

KeyWords

Introduction To Health And Safety at work, Health and safety at the workplace

Instructor

Kathy Daniels

1483 Users
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Kathy is a Teaching Fellow at Aston University, lecturing in employment law and employee relations. After a career in HR, in the manufacturing sector, she now writes extensively on HR related topics, and specifically on employment law. Kathy has written an employment law textbook which is currently in its third edition, and also writes a broad range of materials for organisations such as the CIPD. In addition, she is a Lay Member of the Employment Tribunal, sitting in Birmingham.

Reviews

Lavinia Bofan 1 month ago

Very useful!

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Matthew Humphreys 2 years ago

very informative

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