Personal injury: Traumatic shock

Key points: This page deals with personal injury claims for psychiatric injury through having been involved in or witnessed an accident. Occ...

Health and safety as a justification for disability discrimination

Summary An argument that health and safety justifies excluding a woman or someone with a disability or someone from an ethnic minority etc m...

Bloodborne viruses

Workers may have a bloodborne infection such as HIV, hepatitis C or hepatitis B. They are also at risk of contracting one in the workplace d...

Equality Act and bloodborne viruses

Is the condition a disability? Workers will have greater rights, including to reasonable adjustments, if a bloodborne virus is a disability ...

Personal injury claims and needlestick injuries

Summary This page deals with civil claims for damages in respect of needlestick injuries. For criminal liability under the Health and Safety...

Health and safety law on sharps injuries, incl needlestick directive

Summary The EU needlestick directive was implemented (in part) by the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013, ...

If consent is not given, or is withdrawn

This page deals with the position where a worker or job applicant refuses consent for an OH report to go to management. Position of the OH p...