Age: Health and safety legislation for younger workers

Certain laws impose additional duties on employers with regard to workers under the age of 18 years. No child should be employed under the a...

Pregnancy: Do health and safety laws override Equality Act?

Compulsory H&S laws provide EqA defence Schedule 22 EqA excludes from the provisions of the EqA anything that must be done pursuant to a...

Stress under health and safety legislation

An employer must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all its employees (s.2 Health and Sa...