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Health and safety/maternity rights: 'Avoiding risk' to new and expectant mothers

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    New Southern Railway Ltd v Quinn [2006] IRLR 266 EAT (0 other reports)

An employer's duty to take steps to "avoid" risk to a pregnant woman means that the risk should be reduced to its lowest acceptable level - not that it must be removed completely.