| A helpful clarification on the rules relating to risk assessments for pregnant workers. |
| Wednesday, 24 March 2010 | |
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In certain circumstances the law holds that an employer must conduct a risk assessment for a pregnant worker. There has always been something of a grey area in law however regarding the extent to which that obligation applies, particularly with workers who are in seemingly non dangerous occupations. In O’Neill v Buckinghamshire County Council the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that for an employer to fall under a duty to conduct a risk assessment for a pregnant worker, the following conditions must be met: |