Abstract or Introduction
Health and Safety in the working environment
The hospitality industry that we focus on is an industry many people are involved in as employers as well as employees, and the work is very widespread, through many different requirements and departments in a hotel for example. Therefore there are lots of threats for the health and safety of people involved such as e.g. slippery floors, sharp or dangerous kitchen equipment or chemicals used for cleaning. In the sector of health and safety both civil law and criminal law are covered, the civil law to compensate losses of people suffering from accidents and the criminal law for creating and keeping certain standards of safety in the working environment through the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 for example (United Kingdom).
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- Sebastian Wagner (Author)Stjepko Devcic (Author)Hrvoje Srb (Author), 2002, Health And Safety, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/7963
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