LRD guides and handbook July 2018

Health and safety law 2018

Chapter 1

1. The structure of health and safety law



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Key changes and developments since last year



• unions are lobbying against the government’s plans to increase the small claims limit for personal injuries from £1,000 to £2,000;


• a landmark personal injury case saw three workers compensated for symptomless physiological injury; and


• the TUC is warning that a so-called hard Brexit could result in a bonfire of working rights, environmental regulations and safety standards