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Managing
the legal minefield: good financial sense
and good legal sense
Nexus Healthcare
provides organisations with advice and support
to ensure they are complying with the relevant
health and safety legislative requirements.
There are several pieces of legislation that
employers are obliged to comply with such
as:
- Disability Discrimination Act
- Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health
- Management of Health & Safety at
Work Regulations
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment
Regulations
- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)
Regulations
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations
- Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
Regulations
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work
Regulations
- Working Time Regulations
- Common Law (Personal Injury Claims)
Such legislation can be effectively implemented
through various occupational health services
such as:
- Pre-employment screening
- Health surveillance
- Sickness absence management and rehabilitation
- Confidential counselling services
Benefits of service
It is not only good legal sense to protect
your company from non compliance issues but
such occupational health services also help
your organisation's bottom line by:
- Increasing productivity through effective
sickness absence management
- Speeding up the return to work of employees
following prolonged periods of sickness absence/injury
- Reducing costs associated with sickness
absence, litigation and insurance
- Promoting a culture of employee health
and wellbeing
- Reducing staff turnover and recruitment
costs
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