It is clear that Mrs B is concerned about her workplace and after some enquiries you inform her that there will have to be an assessment of the workplace and the work she is doing before you can take any decisions about a transfer. You will have to motivate to the employer for a reproductive health assessment if this has not been done already. Ideally, a general policy on reproductive hazards in the workplace that involves both genders will be very useful. A reproductive risk assessment should include hazard identification, hazard evaluation, exposure assessment, risk characterisation and risk communication. ( Please see further details in Section 5 of the lecture). Based on the outcome of the risk assessment you may have to recommend that Mrs B should be transferred to a less stressful section of the workplace.
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