Occupational Safety & Health Act

Standards, Provisions, Rights

Buch | Softcover

121 Seiten

2016
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-63482-637-2 (ISBN)

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Through the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act or act), Congress sought a nationwide approach to regulating workplace accidents and injuries. The act authorizes the Secretary of Labor to create and enforce workplace safety standards. Additionally, the act contains a General Duty Clause, also enforced by the Secretary of Labor, which generally requires employers to provide workplaces that are free of potentially harmful hazards. The act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, to whom the Secretary of Labor has delegated his enforcement rights and obligations under the act. The act also established the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), an adjudicatory agency independent of the Department of Labor, and therefore OSHA, that is tasked with reviewing enforcement actions. OSHA enforces its standards and the General Duty Clause through inspections, citations, and penalties. Employers can seek review of OSHA enforcement actions first with OSHRC and then with U.S. Courts of Appeals. This book discusses, in depth, the standards, provisions and rights of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

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Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2016
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	214 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
ISBN-10	1-63482-637-X / 163482637X
ISBN-13	978-1-63482-637-2 / 9781634826372
Zustand	Neuware