HealthCare Assessment

HealthCare Assessment

Introduction

The value of upholding health and safety practices in the workplace has been put in to context by a landmark employment law ruling made by the UK's Supreme Court. The decision went in favour of the families of workers who die of asbestos-related cancer, giving them the right to compensation from employers' insurers regardless of when the symptoms of the disease manifest themselves. The five Supreme Court justices reached the decision based on a selection of lead cases, with the outcome paving the way for thousands more families to claim compensation for the loss of their relatives.

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