Legal update

Summary of new and forthcoming policy, law, legislation and guidance

Summary:

The fifth annual OH at Work legal update is a comprehensive digest of recent, scheduled and expected changes to the law and policy .

2008–09 was something of a milestone year for occupational health, with the publication of Dame Carol Black’s Review of the health of Britain’s working age population. Its recommendations usher in a period of significant change for OH provision in the UK. Among the policy initiatives set out by Black are the replacement of the current FMed3 sickness certificate with…

John Ballard is editor of Occupational Health at Work.

Paul Suff is contributing editor of Occupational Health at Work.

Author: Ballrd J, Suff P

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Occupational Health at Work April/May 2009 (vol. 05/6) pp21-37

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