OH legal and practice update

Review and preview of OH law, policy and practice

Summary:

The OH legal and practice update is intended as guidance only. Anyone seeking definitive legal information should refer to the legislation and codes of practice, or contact a legal practitioner.   

OccupationalHealth at Work’s seventh annual update is a comprehensive digest of recent, scheduled and expected changes to the law, codes of practice and official guidance in occupational health, health….

John Ballard is editor of Occupational Health [at Work].

Paul Suff is contributing editor of Occupational Health [at Work].

Author: Ballard J, Suff P

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Occupational Health at Work April/May 2011 (vol. 07/6) pp23-47

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