LRD guides and handbook July 2017

Health and safety law 2017

Chapter 3

3. The management of health and safety at work



[ch 3: page 42]

Key changes and developments since last year



• The government used an injunction to prevent Prison Officers Association action on violence (see box on page 47).


• General union Unite won a landmark legal victory on breastfeeding against airline easyJet.


• Employers are failing to tackle pregnancy and maternity risks at work, according to an inquiry by Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee.