000			01395cam a2200217 4500
001			ABS66055
008			021101n2002 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u120343
245			_aIs following HSE guidance enough to satisfy the courts?
260			_c2002
490			_aHealth and Safety Bulletin _v(312) October 2002, 7-12(6)
520			_aConsiders whether following Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 is sufficient to satisfy the courts. Presents the findings of a study into how courts are interpreting the law and HSE guidance in personal injury claims for work-related upper-limb disorders (WRULDs). The study set up a WRULD judgement website to encourage WRULD case reporting and analysed the results. Concludes that HSE guidance that is not uniformly interpreted by the courts and workplace, or which does not adequately cover employers' common law duties, may lead to some employers doing more than is required to comply with the law and other employers failing to comply with the law. Case law. References.
590			_aABS
650			_aHSE GUIDANCE
650			_aMANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK REGULATIONS 1999
650			_aWORK-RELATED UPPER LIMB DISORDERS
650			_aHEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE
650			_aWORKPLACE
690			_aHealth and safety _96244
942			_n0
999			_c71502 _d71502