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"This article explains the origin of the concept of employers' liability in 1837 and notes the various reasons for the failure of this liability to be developed during the 19th century. It proceeds to look at the context in which the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 was enacted, looking at the content of the Act and considering the environment at the time of its enactment, noting the then apparent imperfections in the legislation. The account then moves fast forward to the 21st century and questions whether the Act is now fit for purpose."

"This article is prompted by the abolition in the UK of the default retirement age; in particular, it will consider the impact on individuals seeking, or in continuing work, and on organisations needing to manage older workers. Underpinning the article is the hypothesis that as the removal of a compulsory retirement age allows an increasing number of people to work beyond their 65th birthday, organisations will need to develop policies to cope with increasing numbers of workers in their late 60s, 70s and beyond. Here, we focus on the need for employers to plan for an ageing workforce in respect of the health and safety issues which will result from employing increasing numbers of older workers. Firstly, the article considers what evidence exists as to whether there will be an increase in the number of older workers. Secondly, it examines decisions of the European Court of Justice and the Supreme Court in relation to retirement age and the possibility of an employer justified retirement age. Finally, it focuses on the occupational health and safety issues faced by older workers and those for whom they work."

"The EU has now embraced so many national states with such a wide range of economic structures that it cannot be supposed that health and safety arrangements will be the same in every Member State, even though all are required to implement the same EC directives relating to the health and safety of the workforce. This paper attempts to address the health and safety of those in new, and possibly precarious, forms of employment in the UK. It does so in the context of the situation in the EU as indicated by a number of research reports."