The Manager's Guide to Health and Safety at Work


Book Description

This new edition is essential reading for all managers responsible for the welfare of their staff. As well as advising on the complicated legal obligations, it also explains how to ensure an appropriate level of control over health risks.







A Manager's Guide to Health and Safety at Work


Book Description

A resource for all managers responsible for the health, safety and welfare of their staff. Many developments have taken place in the field of health and safety management and increasingly managers are being expected to be more knowledgeable in this area. The room for manoeuvre on the part of employers, with regard to the health and safety of their employees, has been dramatically reduced. Furthermore, the courts are being increasingly less sympathetic towards organizations who do not meet the basic requirements of the law. This text should help managers to unravel the complicated legal obligations, and explains how to establish systems and procedures for effective health and safety management.







The Manager's Guide to Workplace Safety


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No manager wants to see employees get hurt, but few are fully prepared to play meaningful roles in safety. The Manager’s Guide to Workplace Safety is designed to provide managers with the relevant knowhow and proactive approaches to understand and take on safety management. With over 70 years of combined safety-training experience, authors R. Scott Stricoff and Donald R. Groover have worked with executives, managers, and supervisors from across the world to make significant advances in keeping people safe, engaged, and motivated in the workplace. Going beyond the generalities of typical safety resources, this book provides practical guidance on what an individual with management responsibility should do to support and drive safety excellence.




Health and Safety at Work


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This practical guide continues to provide advice on how to establish procedures in your organization. Written in jargon-free language, it cuts through the legal complexities to enable you to fully understanding the law and its implications to your business. The 9th edition has been updated to comply with all recent changes and additions to Health and Safety law. Updates include guidance on: The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007, Heath and Safety Offences Act , EU Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Asbestos and the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations and Vibration induced injury and the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations. Formerly published as A Manager's Guide to Health & Safety at Work




Managing Health at Work


Book Description

Managing Health at Work reviews recent developments in the field of workplace health from a practical point of view. It is aimed at managers and health specialists concerned with initiating new policies to develop and improve workplace health. The book provides essential guidance in managing health at work, gives specific examples of good practice and alerts the reader to relevant guidelines surrounding issues such as stress, cancer, HIV and AIDS, RSI, health eating and exercise. The author argues that increasing attention should be paid to the use of workplace health especially with the growing number of employees making claims against their employers for a wide range of health problems.




Health and Safety at Work


Book Description

Health and safety legislation has significantly changed over the last 10 years and regulation is now required in service sector industries as well as those described as 'dangerous', after increasing complaints of muscle injury and stress-related illnesses.This revised edition of Health and Safety at Work has been updated to include the latest legislation and considerations required for your workplace including: Construction Regulations (2007); Smoking at work (Health Act 2006); Principles of good practice (Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations); Work at height (2005); Control of noise at work (2005); Behavioural society; and Workplace exposure limits.This practical guide continues to provide advice on how to establish procedures in your organization. Written in jargon-free language, it cuts through the legal complexities to enable your full understanding of the law and your peace of mind when putting procedures in place.Formerly published as A Manager's Guide to Health & Safety at Work




Occupational Health: A Practical Guide for Managers


Book Description

New legislation and recommended working practices demand that every organisation considers carefully the health of its workforce. Occupational Health: A Practical Guide for Managers offers a comprehensive view of health and safety issues at work. The range of people it aims to appeal to reflects the interdisciplinary nature of this subject. Personnel professionals, managers and occupational health practitioners alike will find it an invaluable resource.