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"It is generally agreed that employee involvement is a key element in effective health and safety management, since employees are in the best position to understand and appreciate the risks and hazards in their own environment. Some advantages include the development of a positive health and safety culture, building trust between employees and management, reducing the number of accidents and work-related illnesses and improving business efficiency. Different approaches to worker involvement have been adopted in the various European Member States. The EU legal framework, which requires employee involvement at work, does not specify any particular model of participation. Thus, it is not surprising that countries have adopted models that are the most suitable in the context of their historical, cultural, political and legal development. The paper considers and analyses the approaches to worker involvement adopted by the EU and UK, providing some examples from other Member States. It also examines the perspectives of this issue by UK employers, employees and regulators."

"This article considers recent changes to legal provisions governing harassment at work, in particular sexual harassment, in the UK, in the light of EU Directive 2002/73/EC, and the remedies available in the courts and employment tribunals. This article then provides a statistical profile of a total of 21,335 sex discrimination cases brought to nine employment tribunals in the UK between 2003 and 2008, highlighting the fact that the claims submitted by employees are successful in only a small percentage of cases, due to the fact that many cases are withdrawn or settled out of court, and the fact that many claimants do not have legal representation, whereas nearly all of the defendants have the benefit of legal representation in hearings at the employment tribunal, enabling them to present their evidence in a more effective manner. This is particularly important in cases of this type, where witness credibility is crucial to successful outcomes, as highlighted by the cases cited by the author."