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Yearbook of Road Transport Law

Health and safety – the law

February 28, 2026
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Health and safety – the law

This chapter covers the legal duties of an employer and considerations they should take to minimise health and safety issues when working in the transport sector.

Updates for 2026:

  • Chapter fully reviewed and restructured.
  • Corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide.
  • Top down management of health and safety.
  • The main duties of an employer under HSWA.
  • Charging employees for safety equipment.
  • Smoking in the workplace.

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