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The Global Recruiter: Safety First

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Deborah Scales, Associate in the employment team at Clarkslegal publishes in The Global Recruiter on the health and safety compliance in today’s world of hybrid work.

Times have radically changed since the mid-seventies when the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 imposed a legal duty on employers to ensure ‘as far as reasonably practicable’ the health, safety and welfare at work of all its workers. What should employers be doing now to comply with these duties when being “at work” now means work at home for so many? And how has the concept of ‘welfare’ moved on with today’s emphasis on well-being, work/life balance and mental health support?

Read full article: Safety First

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