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Managing health in the workplace (medico-legal issues)

Click on the links below to view information on the medico-legal issues in the workplace impacting on productivity.

Code of good practice on key aspects of HIV/AIDS and employment

An introduction to fitness to work and medical incapacity

Technical assistance guidelines on the employment of people with disabilities

Page last updated: 16 April 2012

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