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Health, safety talk for HR personnel
Published on: 5/19/08.

HAROLD OXLEY, industrial hygienist and occupational safety and health expert, will deliver a presentation to members of the Human Resource Management Association of Barbados at the association's secretariat, Harbour Industrial Park, on Thursday, at 5:30 p.m.

The topic will be Towards A Safer And Healthier Workplace In Barbados: Implications For Human Resource Management. The following important issues will be addressed:

major safety and health requirements at both statute and common law;

key challenges involved in adoption of legal and other standards;

best practices (by managers especially HR managers and employees as well as trade unions).

retooling the HR manager. (PR)